How to retrive From which user is message in Cake? - mysql

Question

I am making a message system in CakePHP and I have table messages
id
from_id
to_id
subject
message
to_id is set as FK for user so user can haveMany messages but how can I echo the name of sender if I get only id?
User Model:
class User extends AppModel {
public $name = 'User';
public $hasOne = array (
'UserProfile'=>array(
'className'=>'UserProfile',
'foreignKey'=>'id'
)
);
public $hasMany = array(
'Message'=>array(
'className'=>'Message',
'foreignKey'=>'to_id'
)
);
}
Message Model:
class Message extends AppModel {
public $name = 'Message';
public $belongsTo = array (
'User'=>array(
'className'=>'User',
'foreignKey'=>'to_id'
),
);
}
Message Controller:
public function messages(){
$user = $this->User->find( 'first', array('conditions' => array(
'User.id' => $this->Session->read('Auth.User.id'))));
$this->set('user', $user);
if($this->request->is('post')) {
$this->requert->data['Message']['from_id'] = $this->Auth->user('id');
debug($this->request->data);
}
}
This needs to store all information about user in array including array Message but in this case I get the arrat Message with:
id => 1
from_id => 10
to_id => 7
subject => 'subject'
message => 'body'
So how can I extract the name of sender from this id?
Please help?

Answer 1

In this case you will need to use aliases for the classNames.
class Message extends AppModel {
public $belongsTo = array(
'Sender' => array(
'className' => 'User',
'foreignKey' => 'from_id'
),
'Receiver' => array(
'className' => 'User',
'foreignKey' => 'to_id'
)
);
}
class User extends AppModel {
public $hasMany = array(
'SentMessages' => array(
'className' => 'Message',
'foreignKey' => 'from_id'
),
'Messages' => array(
'className' => 'Message',
'foreignKey' => 'to_id'
)
);
}