Joining two tables in CakePHP using bindModel method Cakephp - cakephp

Question

I am working on a cakephp 2.x .. I have two tables in my database both have the userid I am using bindModel.. my query is working fine ... I just have one problem .. I want to add the condition in where clause that
**where userid = $userid**
function getMessages($userid){
$this->bindModel(array(
'belongsTo' => array(
'Contact' => array(
'className' => 'Contact',
'foreignKey' => false,
'conditions' => array(
'Message.user_id = Contact.user_id',
'AND' =>
array(
array('OR' => array(
array('Message.mobileNo = Contact.mobileNo'),
array('Message.mobileNo = Contact.workNo'),
)),
)
),
'type' => 'LEFT',
)
)
), false);
return $this->find('all', array('conditions' => array(),
'fields' => array('Message.mobileNo'
),
'group' => 'Message.mobileNo',
'limit' => 6));
}
I am getting user id in parameter ... so I want to add the condition that get the following result where
message.userid and contact.userid = $userid ...

Answer 1

Just split the conditions in two lines like:
'conditions' => array(
'Contact.user_id' => $userid,
'Message.user_id = Contact.user_id',
[...]
)
But the approach that makes more sense is to leave the bind as is - after all the bind is generally between message users and contact users with the same id - and add the condition for the specific case in your find('all') with 'Message.user_id' => $userid.