Find conditions with hasMany model - cakephp

Question

I have 4 model:
Item------hasMany---->Detail
Item------hasMany---->Favourite
Item------hasMany---->Category
How can I find all Item that has Favourite.member_id = '8' and Category.item_category_id = '1'
Here is my Item model relation:
public $hasMany = array(
'Detail' => array(
'className' => 'Detail',
'foreignKey' => 'item_id',
'dependent' => true,
'conditions' => '',
'order' => 'created DESC',
),
'Category' => array(
'className' => 'Category',
'foreignKey' => 'item_id',
'dependent' => true,
'conditions' => '',
'order' => 'created DESC',
),
'Favorite' => array(
'className' => 'Favorite',
'foreignKey' => 'item_id',
'dependent' => true,
'conditions' => '',
'order' => 'created DESC',
)
);
I used this query() and it's ok:
$this->set('test',$this->Item->query("SELECT items.*
FROM items, categories, favourites
WHERE items.id = items_item_categories.item_id
AND items.id = favorites.item_id
AND categories.item_category_id = 1 AND favourites.member_id = 8"));
But I don't like using query(), and I change it into find(), and it seems not good:
$this->set('test',$this->Item->find('all', array(
'contain'=>array(
'ItemDetail',
'Category'=>array('conditions'=>array('Category.item_category_id'=>1)),
'Favorite'=>array('conditions'=>array('Favorite.member_id'=>8)));

Answer 1

You need call the containableBehaivor on your model
<?php
class Item extends AppModel {
public $actsAs = array('Containable');
}
in your controller you can make the query
$items = $this->Item->find('all', array(
'contain'=>array(
'ItemDetail',
'Category'=>array(
'conditions'=>array('Category.item_category_id'=>1)
),
'Favorite'=>array(
'conditions'=>array('Favorite.member_id'=>8)
)
)
);
$this->set('test', $items);
try using Joins
$items = $this->Item->find('all', array(
'joins' => array(
array(
'table' => 'categories',
'alias' => 'Category',
'type' => 'inner',
'conditions'=> array('Category.item_category_id' => 1)
),
array(
'table' => 'favorites',
'alias' => 'Favorite',
'type' => 'inner',
'conditions'=> array('Favorite.member_id' => 8, 'Item.id = Favorite.item_id')
)
),
'contain'=>array('ItemDetail','Category','Favorite')
);
$this->set('test', $items);

Answer 2

You could also try something like this:
$this->Item->hasMany['Favorite']['conditions']['member_id'] = 8;
Which has the same effect as rebinding the model with the condition.
Just a possible issue. The above will add the condition for the rest of the request, if you want to rollback to the previous behavior, you need to unset the condition:
unset($this->Item->hasMany['Favorite']['conditions']['member_id']);
Remember to set the $this->Item->recursive property to the desired value (recursive attribute). The default it's 1, which it's the minimum you need for this to work.