cakephp 3 contain same model twice with different conditions without association - cakephp

Question

I have three tables ServerScans, QueuedJobs, ReportMalware
ReportMalware has a column type which contain values like mail, abc.
I am querying ServerScans as
$scan = $this->ServerScans->get($id, [
'contain' => [
'QueuedJobs',
'QueuedJobs.ReportMalware',
],
]);
and in view separating malware report in two groups using for loop as
<h2>Mail report</h2>
<?php foreach($scan->queued_jobs->report_malware as $m): ?>
<?php if ($m->type == 'mail'): ?>
<?= $m->comment ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach;?>
<h2>Abc report</h2>
<?php foreach($scan->queued_jobs->report_malware as $m): ?>
<?php if ($m->type == 'abc'): ?>
<?= $m->comment ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach;?>
Which will take more time for execution.
What I want is to keep it in contain like
$scan = $this->ServerScans->get($id, [
'contain' => [
'QueuedJobs',
'QueuedJobs.ReportMalware.mail',
'QueuedJobs.ReportMalware.abc',
],
]);
Is there a way to achieve this and contain same model twice based on some filter criteria?

Answer 1

Yes, you can do so. See the docs here.
The same table can be used multiple times to define different types of
associations. For example consider a case where you want to separate
approved comments and those that have not been moderated yet:
Here is the example taken from the official documentation:
class ArticlesTable extends Table
{
public function initialize(array $config)
{
$this->hasMany('Comments')
->setConditions(['approved' => true]);
$this->hasMany('UnapprovedComments', [
'className' => 'Comments'
])
->setConditions(['approved' => false])
->setProperty('unapproved_comments');
}
}