Have a skim through this article by one of the creators: http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/quick-tip-doing-ad-hoc-joins-in-model-find
I used the method myself recently to build a 7 table join for filtering complex data. And Kohana (as well as its parent, CodeIgniter) barely even has MVC, with ORM nowhere in sight. The only other framework I would even consider using on projects is Solar, but it currently has no documentation (and thus gets no love from me). On Oct 31, 9:18 am, Siamak <sarma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a big application (a social network) which has around 100 > tables. It is currently developed using traditional coding styles > (i.e. no MVC or ORM). > > - I need to know whether cakephp will allow me to have complex joins > without the need to build a proper object model (i.e. relations etc)? > I have previously worked with iBatis in java and that library provides > the capability with ease. > > - In case CakePHP will not easily allow me to do this, which other > small size framework is suitable for my case (kohana, etc)? > > Thanks, > Mac --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
