Using DISTINCT in a CakePHP find function

Question

I am writing a CakePHP 1.2 app. I have a list of people that I want the user to be able to filter on different fields. For each filterable field, I have a drop down list.

Answer 1

Here's how I did it in CakePHP 3.x:

     $query = $this->MyTables->find('all');
     $result = $query->distinct()->toArray();