Cakephp Association Property belongs to Image but also has many images - cakephp

Question

I am currently trying to solve a problem which I just noticed since the property didn't actually have a main_image allocated to it.
But as soon as I allocated a main image to it. The Related images caused problems.
Property table has a belongsTo relation
public $belongsTo = array( 'Image' => array(
'className' => 'Image',
'foreignKey' => 'main_image_id'
));
and also a hasMany
public $hasMany = array(
'Image' => array(
'className' => 'Image',
'foreignKey' => 'property_id'
)
);
the problem is when I am populating the related images I am receiving multiple errors similar to the below
Illegal string offset 'id'
my data is like so
property(array)
Image(array)
id1
descriptionPainted Brick Design
imageuploads/properties/3/Amazing-Painted-Brick-Houses-Design.jpeg
property_id3
0(array)
id1
descriptionPainted Brick Design
imageuploads/properties/3/Amazing-Painted-Brick-Houses-Design.jpeg
property_id3
and the view was generated like so
<div class="related">
<h3><?php echo __('Related Images'); ?></h3>
<?php if (!empty($property['Image'])): ?>
<table cellpadding = "0" cellspacing = "0">
<tr>
<th><?php echo __('Id'); ?></th>
<th><?php echo __('Description'); ?></th>
<th><?php echo __('Image'); ?></th>
<th><?php echo __('Property Id'); ?></th>
<th class="actions"><?php echo __('Actions'); ?></th>
</tr>
<?php foreach ($property['Image'] as $image): ?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $image['id']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $image['description']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $image['image']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $image['property_id']; ?></td>
<td class="actions">
<?php echo $this->Html->link(__('View'), array('controller' => 'images', 'action' => 'view', $image['id'])); ?>
<?php echo $this->Html->link(__('Edit'), array('controller' => 'images', 'action' => 'edit', $image['id'])); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->postLink(__('Delete'), array('controller' => 'images', 'action' => 'delete', $image['id']), null, __('Are you sure you want to delete # %s?', $image['id'])); ?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</table>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="actions">
<ul>
<li><?php echo $this->Html->link(__('New Image'), array('controller' => 'images', 'action' => 'add')); ?> </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
I am not sure if maybe the relations are setup incorrectly or that maybe I would have to include an if to see if there is data before the array and then implement a for loop.

Answer 1

I will answer it rather then comment. You will get all the properties and their main image like this (place this in your controller action eg. index()):
$properties= $this->Property->find('all', array(
'contain' => array(
'Image' => array(
'conditions' => array(
'main_image' => true
)
)
)
));
$this->set('properties', $properties);
and in your view:
<img src='<?php echo '/realestateagencyadministration/img/' . $property['Image'][0]['main_image'] ?>' style='max-width: 100%;height:150px;;'>
Don't take my for sure on this last one, I am wrinting this out of my head, I think you need [0], but you can easily fix that.