How to create custom MySQL queries in CakePHP?

Question

I am trying to create my own MySQL queries in Cakephp.

This is my LocationsController.php:

Answer 1

The class name of your Location model should be Location, not LocationModel.

Because of this, CakePHP will generate a 'generic' model for the Locations database table and use that model instead of your own model. Because this generic model does not have a get() method, it will execute get as a SQL statement, causing the error

Also, inside the Model, you should not use $this->Location->query();, but simply $this->query();