how i can fetch user data in a manyToMany association - cakephp

Question

I have a problem with CakePHP. I tested many ways, but can't find a solution for it.
I have these tables:
users
id
name
country_code
countries
code
title
skills
code
title
roles
id
title
events
id
title
country_code
events_users
event_id
user_id
role_id
skill_code
events hasAndBelongsToMany users and events_users is my join table, and when I read data, it gives me something like this:
array(
(int) 0 => array(
'Event' => array(
'id' => '1',
'title' => '40th WorldSkills Competitions',
'year' => '2011',
'country_code' => 'LV',
'created' => '2013-02-08 00:00:00'
),
'User' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '14',
'name' => 'test',
'family' => 'testian',
'username' => 'test#mail.me',
'country_code' => 'BR',
'telphone' => '465465',
'avatar' => 'avatar_51299c1da268f20110912043238_rodekamp_04.jpg',
'address' => 'AA',
'admin' => '0',
'created' => '2013-02-24 05:50:37',
'modified' => '2013-02-24 05:50:37',
'EventsUser' => array(
'id' => '1',
'user_id' => '14',
'event_id' => '1',
'role_id' => '1',
'skill_code' => '17',
'manage' => '100'
)
),
(int) 1 => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '5',
'name' => 'John',
'family' => 'Smith',
'username' => 'john#me.com',
'country_code' => 'IE',
'telphone' => '147',
'avatar' => '20120504124040_franziska_peter_ok.jpg',
'address' => 'No 55',
'admin' => '0',
'created' => '2013-02-10 15:24:13',
'modified' => '2013-02-10 15:28:50',
'EventsUser' => array(
'id' => '2',
'user_id' => '5',
'event_id' => '1',
'role_id' => '2',
'skill_code' => '17',
'manage' => '0'
)
),
(int) 2 => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '4',
'name' => 'hadi',
'family' => 'mm',
'username' => 'design.zerzem#gmail.com',
'country_code' => 'AE',
'telphone' => '415456',
'avatar' => '',
'address' => 'sadjfklsaf asd f',
'admin' => '0',
'created' => '2013-02-10 09:01:28',
'modified' => '2013-02-24 06:43:42',
'EventsUser' => array(
'id' => '3',
'user_id' => '4',
'event_id' => '1',
'role_id' => '4',
'skill_code' => '17',
'manage' => '0'
)
)
)
It's ok, but with events_users I want get data about skill and role that are in events_users (skill_code and role_id). How should I create models to give me all this data?

Answer 1

I think reading about "hasMany Through" should answer your question.
Basically, you make a model for your join table, then you can associate it like any other model.
When you go to retrieve your data, use CakePHP's Containable behavior (if you haven't used it before, be prepared to get addicted to it).