How do I write a join query across multiple tables in CakePHP?

Question

can anyone tell me, how to retrieve joined result from multiple tables in cakePHP ( using cakePHP mvc architecture). For example, I have three tables to join (tbl_topics, tb

Answer 1

You can easily set the "recursive" property on a find() query.

$result = $this->Topic->find('all', array('recursive' => 2));

Alternatively, you can use the Containable behavior in your model. Then you can use:

$this->Topic->contain(array(
    'Item',
    'Item.Vote',
));

$result = $this->Topic->find('all');

or

$result = $this->Topic->find('all', array(
    'contain' => array(
        'Item',
        'Item.Vote',
    ),
));