CakePHP - delete cascade not working

Question

In CakePHP I have a model Type and SpecificType.

SpecificType belongTo a Type. (type_id field)

When I delete an entry of SpecificType, how can I also delet

Answer 1

I don't think you can delete Type with SpecificType cascade. you can only use cascade if there's hasMany or HABTM relation.

it is said in the manual.

Deletes the record identified by $id. By default, also deletes records dependent on the record specified to be deleted.

For example, when deleting a User record that is tied to many Recipe records (User 'hasMany' or 'hasAndBelongsToMany' Recipes):

* if $cascade is set to true, the related Recipe records are also

deleted if the models dependent-value is set to true. * if $cascade is set to false, the Recipe records will remain after the User has been deleted.

you can always run

$this->del($id, true);

to remove your Type with related SpecificType-s.