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

In my case, Set::combine was the way to go, since I had to deal with concatenation of fields in associated models, like:

$bancos_enteros = $this->Financiacion->Banco->find('all', array(
  'fields' => array('Empresa.codigo_contable','Empresa.nombre_corto', 'Banco.id'),
  'order' => array('Empresa.codigo_contable' => 'asc'),
  'recursive' => 1
));
$bancos = Set::combine(
   $bancos_enteros,
   '{n}.Banco.id',
    array(
       '{0} {1}',
       '{n}.Empresa.codigo_contable',
       '{n}.Empresa.nombre_corto'
     )
 );

returning

    array(
    (int) 14 => '57200002 Caixa',
    (int) 15 => '57200003 Sabadell',
    (int) 3 => '57200005 BBVA',
    (int) 16 => '57200006 Deutsche Bank',
    (int) 17 => '57200007 Popular',
    (int) 18 => '57200009 March',
    (int) 26 => '57200010 Bankinter',
    (int) 4 => '57200011 Santander'
)

While

$this->Financiacion->Banco->Empresa->virtualFields = array(
    'codigo_nombre' => 'CONCAT(Empresa.codigo_contable,Empresa.nombre_corto)'
);
$this->Financiacion->Banco->virtualFields['codigo_nombre'] =  $this->Financiacion->Banco->Empresa->virtualFields['codigo_nombre'];
$bancos = $this->Financiacion->Banco->find('list', array(
   'fields' => array('Banco.id','Banco.codigo_nombre'),
   'order' => array('Banco.codigo_nombre' => 'asc'),
   'recursive' => 1
    )   
);

returns a SQL error in a following query if I don't delete the virtual fields first:

unset($this->Financiacion->Banco->Empresa->virtualFields);
unset($this->Financiacion->Banco->virtualFields);