And don't forget it's $actsAs, not $actAs (cricket has identified this in his response).
Jeremy Burns Class Outfit jeremybu...@classoutfit.com http://www.classoutfit.com On 18 Nov 2010, at 17:45, cricket wrote: > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Dan <dannyetdi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> When using contain, I have to specify the $actAs = Containable for it >> to work, correct? > > Yes, of course. Just as with any other behavior. If you plan to use it > a lot you can put it in AppModel's $actsAs array. > >> And if you have a linking table (HABTM), would you have to specify >> that model in the contain statement or can it be omitted (figured out >> by Cake)? > > You have to specify all models for which you want data, and there must > be a chain of association running through them. If you have User <-> > Comment, and Comment <-> Tag, and you want a User's Tags, you must > specify Comment in your contain array so that the behavior can work > out how to get at Tag (and which ones to look for). Although it's not > necessary to fetch the entire Comment, if you do provide a fields > array for any of the contained models it should include the primary > key and any relevant foreign keys. > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others > with their CakePHP related questions. > > 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 Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. 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
