How Can implement FriendShip with CakePHP Model? - cakephp

Question

In the CakePHP Documentation they implement this as below !!
class Message extends AppModel {
public $belongsTo = array(
'Sender' => array(
'className' => 'User',
'foreignKey' => 'user_id'
),
'Recipient' => array(
'className' => 'User',
'foreignKey' => 'recipient_id'
)
);
}
and
class User extends AppModel {
public $hasMany = array(
'MessageSent' => array(
'className' => 'Message',
'foreignKey' => 'user_id'
),
'MessageReceived' => array(
'className' => 'Message',
'foreignKey' => 'recipient_id'
)
);
}
But this didn't work with me !!
and give me some errors that there's some tables in the User Model is not found !!
this will work just if I use the name of HasMany to the same name of the Model !!

Answer 1

After some googling searchs with fail !!
I just go to the easiest ways !!
public $hasMany = array(
'Follow_me'=>array(
'className'=>'Friend',
'foreignKey'=>'user_to' ,
) ,
'Follow_them'=>array(
'className'=>'Friend2',
'foreignKey'=>'user_from'
) );
this is the User Model
and
Class User
now the Friend Model
public $belongsTo = array(
'User'=>array(
'className'=>'User',
'foreignKey'=>'user_from' ,
) ,
);
the table of friends will be
id || user_from || user_to || created || modified
now with the easiest way !!
Create a new Model Class with the name Friend2
public $useTable = 'friends';
public $belongsTo = array(
'User'=>array(
'className'=>'User',
'foreignKey'=>'user_to' ,
) ,
);
now !!
when you fetch from the User Model the Data will be like that
array(
(int) 0 => array(
'User' => array() ,
'Follow_me' => array() ,
'Follow_them' => array() ,
'Some_Other_Relations_Goes_here' => array()
) )
Hope this will Help you All