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

I think this answer is already submitted, but I am posting here for someone who seeks still for this. The joins can be done with find() method can be like below

$result = $this->ModelName1->find("all",array(
'fields' => array('ModelName1.field_name','Table2.field_names'), // retrieving fileds 
'joins' => array(  // join array
    array(
        'table' => 'table_name',
        'alias' => 'Table2',
        'type' => 'inner',
        'foreignKey' => false,
        'conditions'=> array('ModelName1.id = Table2.id') // joins conditions array
    ),
    array(
        'table' => 'table_name3',
        'alias' => 'Table3',
        'type' => 'inner',
        'foreignKey' => false,
        'conditions'=> array('Table3.id = Table2.id')
    )
)));