Custom Finds Behavior

A CakePHP behavior that enables you to configure custom finds in your Model classes in order to use with Model::find()

Installation

Git clone or copy the plugin into app/plugins/custom_finds

To enable this behavior for all your models, add it to your AppModel.

<?php
class AppModel extends Model {
    var $actsAs = array('CustomFinds.CustomFinds');
}
?>

Usage

Model:

<?php
class Product extends AppModel {

    // Only necessary if you haven't initialized the behavior in your AppModel
    var $actsAs = array('CustomFinds.CustomFinds');

    var $customFinds = array(
        'topSellers' => array(
            'fields' => array('Product.name','Product.price'),
            'contain' => array('ProductImage.source'),
            'conditions' => array('Product.countSeller >' => 20, 'Product.is_active' => 1),
            'recursive' => 1,
            //All other find options
        )
    );

}
?>

Controller:

<?php
class ProductsController extends AppController {

var $paginate = array(
‘custom’ => ‘topSellers’,
//‘conditions’ => array(…),
//…
);
function index(){
$findAll = $this→Product→find(‘all’, array(
‘custom’ => ‘topSellers’,
‘conditions’ => array(‘Product.category_id’ => 2)
));
$findFirst = $this→Product→find(‘first’, array(
‘custom’ => ‘topSellers’
));
$findCount = $this→Product→find(‘count’, array(
‘custom’ => ‘topSellers’
));
}
}

?>