How do I perform joins with lithium models?

Question

I read through lithium\\data\\model\\query, but I didn\'t see any examples of joins.

Answer 1

If you set up a relationship (using hasOne, hasMany, or belongsTo) you can fetch the related data by supplying a with key in the options of your find call.

Like this:

$categories = Categories::find('all', array(
  'with' => 'Products'
));

Check out the manual chapter on Relationships for more detail.