{"id":1561,"date":"2024-02-15T19:08:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T19:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editjournal.redakt.eu\/faxmodem\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2024-02-15T19:08:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T19:08:45","slug":"cakephp-find-auto-contain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/editjournal.redakt.eu\/faxmodem\/blog\/development\/cakephp\/cakephp-find-auto-contain\/","title":{"rendered":"Containing associated tables automatically"},"content":{"rendered":"

Say you have OrdersTable<\/code> associated to CustomersTable<\/code>, and you want every order you select to automatically contain the corresponding customer information. (So that you don't have to do ->contain('Customers')<\/code> on each find()<\/code> call.)<\/p>\n

There are two ways to accomplish this.<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    In your OrdersTable<\/code>:<\/p>\n

    public function beforeFind(Event $event, Query $query, ArrayObject $options, $primary)\n{\n    $query->contain('Customers');\n    return $query;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Use a custom finder<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Further reading:<\/p>\n