how can i use two associations at once in cakephp - cakephp

Question

i'am using cakephp 2.x
i have two tables USERS and JOBS in my database,
in users table i save two types of users job candidate and company in this situation i found my self facing two relations between the tables :
(1,n)users can add (0,1)jobs. (user role here is Company)
many (1,n)users can apply to many (1,n)jobs. ( Candidate)
can i use belongsTo and HABTM(hasAndBelongsToMany) at once between the two models ?
like this :
Job model
Class Job extends AppModel{
public $belongsTo=array(
'User'=> array(
'className' => 'User',
'foreignKey' => 'user_id',
'counterCache'=>true,
'fields'=>array('id','username','role'),
)
);
public $hasAndBelongsToMany=array('User');
public $usetable = 'jobs';
User Model
Class User extends AppModel{
public $hasAndBelongsToMany=array('Job');
how to retrieve data depending on the first or the second context
1- show all jobs of company.
2- show users applies.

Answer 1

You can do this, but the two associations need different aliases. So you could refer to an User appling for a Job as an Applicant:-
class Job extends AppModel {
public $belongsTo = array(
'User'=> array(
'className' => 'User',
'foreignKey' => 'user_id',
'counterCache' => true,
'fields' => array('id', 'username', 'role'),
)
);
public $hasAndBelongsToMany = array(
'Applicant' => array(
'className' => 'User'
)
);
}
Note that you need to tell Cake that the Applicant uses the User model via the className property. For your belongsTo association you don't need to specify the className for the User as it is the same as the alias is the same as the model name but I have left it in for clarity.
You also don't need to specify $usetable = 'jobs as this is implied by using the correct naming conventions.