I have the problem with the sequence of joins. The similar problem was in another question Manipulating Order of JOINS in CakePHP. The answer was to use Containable behavior
public function selectdata(){
$option= $this->Group->find('all',
array(
'joins' =>
array(
array(
'table'=> 'user_groups',
'alias'=>'g',
'type'=> 'INNER',
'conditions'=> array('g.group_id =Group.id ')
),
array(
'table'=> 'users',
'alias'=>'u',
'type'=> 'INNER',
'conditions'=> array('u.id = g.user_id')
),
),'fields'=>array('Group.name,Group.created,Group.modified,Group.status,Group.created_by,u.first_name,u.last_name'),
'conditions'=>array('g.group_id=Group.created_by or g.user_id=u.id')
// ."'".$created_by."'"
)
);
var_dump($option);//die();
if(isset($this->params['requested']))
{
return $option;
}
$this->set('groups', $option);
}