CakePHP 3.x - Associations Error- unable Linking Tables Together - mysql

Question

i'm trying to Associate 2 tables:Jobes and Types. the table structure of types is very simple and includes only id and name ( 1.full-time 2.partial 3.freelance)
Jobs table, in addition to all other fields contains also the foreign key of Types named:type_id so Jobs belongsTo Types.
i follow the Cake convention but still the same error:
Jobs is not associated with Types...
i'v created JobsTable class
use Cake\ORM\Table;
class JobsTable extends Table{
public $name= 'Jobs';
public function initialize(array $config){
$this->belongsTo('Types');
}
}
declare it in the controller:
<?php
namespace App\Controller;
use App\Controller\AppController;
class JobsController extends AppController
{
public $name='Jobs';
public function index(){
//Get job info
$jobs =$this->Jobs->find('all')->contain(['Types']);
$this->set('jobs',$jobs);
}
}
and then past it to view (index.ctp):
<?php foreach ($jobs as $job) : ?>
<p> <?php echo $job->title; ?> <?php echo $job->types->name; ?></p>
<?php endforeach; ?>
Where is my mistake?

Answer 1

You need to set foreignKey too.
JobsTable.php
$this->belongsTo('Types', [
'foreignKey' => 'type_id'
]);
TypesTable.php
$this->hasMany('Jobs', [
'foreignKey' => 'type_id'
]);
To generate proper relations from CLI go to 'project_directory/bin' in command promot and hit following bake command:
cake bake types model // for types table
and
cake bake jobs model // for jobs table
See details here : CakePhp3 Code Generation With Bake