It should work with Containable behavior.
for example
$categories = $this->Category->find('all', array('contain' =>
array('Item' => array('Label'))));
should return an array like:
Category 1
Item 1
Label 1
Item 2
Label 2
Category 2
Item 3
Label 3
On Jun 7, 10:17 pm, bmcelhany <bmcelh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been working on this for a while and searching for a solution,
> but can't seem to get it working correctly. Let's say I have Category,
> Label, and Item models with the following associations:
>
> Category hasMany Items
> Item belongsTo Category
> Label hasMany Items
> Item belongsTo Label
>
> So, Categories and Labels are completely unrelated, but the Item
> belongs to both of them. Now, in my Category view (and Category
> controller) I want to display the Cateogry info (obviously) and a list
> of all of that Category's Items. So far so good. However, what I'd
> also like is, for each Item that is listed, to display that Item's
> associated Label. Something like:
>
> Category 1
> Item 1 (Label for Item 1)
> Item 2 (Label for Item 2)
> Category 2
> Item 3 (Label for Item 3)
>
> I've tried different combinations of recursion (on all three models)
> and I've tried using the containable behavior but I can't seem to get
> the Label data to be included. The label data appears fine when I'm
> working with the Item views and controller, but when I'm up one level
> higher (in the context of a Category) they aren't attached.
>
> Any thoughts on this? Thanks!
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