Best way to load models in CakePHP 2.0
I'm not sure of the best way to load models in CakePHP 2.0 now.
Question 1
I have a model where more than one database field is related to another model.
customers table has the fields country_origin, country_residence and country_study and all of those fields contain an ID from the table countries.
So in my Customer model, how am I supposed to load the Country model?
Question 2
Has Controller::loadModel() been deprecated or is it bad practice to use this? How am I supposed to load a model in the controller?
Question 3
When or why do you have to use App::uses() in a controller or model? I don't understand the point when the models will load anyway if you use the normal methods like loadModel(), hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo, etc.
cakephp
- asked 9 years ago
- G John
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This should be simple to understand. If you are using a controller and you need to load another model, you can call:
$this->loadModel('SomeModel');
Then you can make calls to the model like you normally would:
$this->SomeModel->read(null, '1');
App::uses is for lazy loading of classes. So you can still load a model using uses:
App::uses('MyModel', 'Model');
But then you will need to call it differently:
$MyModel = new MyModel();
$MyModel->read(null, '1');
or
MyModel::read(null, '1');
It just depends on where and how you want to use it.
- answered 8 years ago
- Gul Hafiz
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