cakephp attach more belongsto - cakephp

Question

I have an model i want to check more plugins, if plugins loaded then attach models in plugin into man model. i using this method? But different result in model and action.
Is another method better than construct for binding more for plugin checking.
class Comment extends AppModel {
/**
* #see Model::$belongsTo
*/
public $belongsTo = array(
'Content' => array(
'className' => 'Content',
'foreignKey' => 'object_id',
'conditions' => array(
'Comment.object_id = Content.id',
)
),
);
/**
* #see Model::__construct
*/
public function __construct($id = false, $table = null, $ds = null) {
// parent
parent::__construct($id, $table, $ds);
// check for newsstudio
if (CakePlugin::loaded('NewModel')) {
$this->bindModel(
array('belongsTo' => array(
'NewModel' => array(
'className' => 'NewModel.NewModel',
'foreignKey' => 'object_id',
'conditions' => array(
'Comment.object_id = NewModel.id',
)
)
)
));
}
var_dump($this->belongsTo); // correct! NewModel added to blongsto
}
}
// but in action during use. Plugin loaded but
var_dump($this->Comment->belongsTo); // incorrect! just `Content` added

Answer 1

Considering you are doing it in the __construct, you may as well just add it to the $belongsTo property before calling the parent which would save a few CPU cycles as you are not doing an additional method call.
class Comment extends AppModel {
/**
* #see Model::$belongsTo
*/
public $belongsTo = array(
'Content' => array(
'className' => 'Content',
'foreignKey' => 'object_id',
'conditions' => array(
'Comment.object_id = Content.id',
)
),
);
/**
* #see Model::__construct
*/
public function __construct($id = false, $table = null, $ds = null) {
// check for newsstudio
if (CakePlugin::loaded('NewModel')) {
$this->belongsTo['NewModel'] = array(
'className' => 'NewModel.NewModel',
'foreignKey' => 'object_id',
'conditions' => array(
'Comment.object_id = NewModel.id',
)
);
}
parent::__construct($id, $table, $ds);
}
}