cakephp find list

Question

Hi I want to be able to generate a list using find so that I can use in select helper. but there is a problem. i want too fetch id,name(first + last). so how can I achieve i

Answer 1

To achieve this first go to the model and add this line

  public $virtualFields = array('full_name' => 'CONCAT(first_name, " ", last_name)');

and then go to controller file just use the name "full_name" which you put in virtual fields

$this->User->find('all',array('fields' => array('full_name','id')));

It returns name with combined fields