\Cake\ORM\AssociationBelongsToMany

Represents an M - N relationship where there exists a junction - or join - table that contains the association fields between the source and the target table.

An example of a BelongsToMany association would be Article belongs to many Tags.

Summary

Methods
Properties
Constants
__construct()
setName()
getName()
name()
setCascadeCallbacks()
getCascadeCallbacks()
cascadeCallbacks()
setClassName()
getClassName()
className()
setSource()
getSource()
source()
setTarget()
getTarget()
target()
setConditions()
getConditions()
conditions()
setBindingKey()
getBindingKey()
bindingKey()
getForeignKey()
setForeignKey()
foreignKey()
setDependent()
getDependent()
dependent()
canBeJoined()
setJoinType()
getJoinType()
joinType()
setProperty()
getProperty()
property()
setStrategy()
getStrategy()
strategy()
getFinder()
setFinder()
finder()
attachTo()
transformRow()
defaultRowValue()
find()
exists()
updateAll()
deleteAll()
requiresKeys()
__get()
__isset()
__call()
type()
eagerLoader()
cascadeDelete()
isOwningSide()
saveAssociated()
tableLocator()
setTableLocator()
getTableLocator()
setTargetForeignKey()
getTargetForeignKey()
targetForeignKey()
setSort()
getSort()
sort()
junction()
setSaveStrategy()
getSaveStrategy()
saveStrategy()
link()
unlink()
setThrough()
getThrough()
replaceLinks()
No public properties found
STRATEGY_JOIN
STRATEGY_SUBQUERY
STRATEGY_SELECT
ONE_TO_ONE
ONE_TO_MANY
MANY_TO_MANY
MANY_TO_ONE
SAVE_APPEND
SAVE_REPLACE
_propertyName()
_options()
_appendNotMatching()
_dispatchBeforeFind()
_appendFields()
_formatAssociationResults()
_bindNewAssociations()
_joinCondition()
_extractFinder()
_getClassName()
_fixtureName()
_entityName()
_modelKey()
_modelNameFromKey()
_singularName()
_variableName()
_singularHumanName()
_camelize()
_pluralHumanName()
_pluginPath()
_pluginNamespace()
_generateTargetAssociations()
_generateSourceAssociations()
_generateJunctionAssociations()
_saveTarget()
_saveLinks()
targetConditions()
junctionConditions()
_appendJunctionJoin()
_diffLinks()
_checkPersistenceStatus()
_collectJointEntities()
_junctionAssociationName()
_junctionTableName()
$_name
$_className
$_bindingKey
$_foreignKey
$_conditions
$_dependent
$_cascadeCallbacks
$_sourceTable
$_targetTable
$_joinType
$_propertyName
$_strategy
$_finder
$_validStrategies
$_tableLocator
$_junctionTable
$_junctionTableName
$_junctionAssociationName
$_junctionProperty
$_saveStrategy
$_targetForeignKey
$_through
$_targetConditions
$_junctionConditions
$_sort
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No private methods found
No private properties found
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Constants

STRATEGY_JOIN

STRATEGY_JOIN = 'join' : string

Strategy name to use joins for fetching associated records

STRATEGY_SUBQUERY

STRATEGY_SUBQUERY = 'subquery' : string

Strategy name to use a subquery for fetching associated records

STRATEGY_SELECT

STRATEGY_SELECT = 'select' : string

Strategy name to use a select for fetching associated records

ONE_TO_ONE

ONE_TO_ONE = 'oneToOne' : string

Association type for one to one associations.

ONE_TO_MANY

ONE_TO_MANY = 'oneToMany' : string

Association type for one to many associations.

MANY_TO_MANY

MANY_TO_MANY = 'manyToMany' : string

Association type for many to many associations.

MANY_TO_ONE

MANY_TO_ONE = 'manyToOne' : string

Association type for many to one associations.

SAVE_APPEND

SAVE_APPEND = 'append' : string

Saving strategy that will only append to the links set

SAVE_REPLACE

SAVE_REPLACE = 'replace' : string

Saving strategy that will replace the links with the provided set

Properties

$_name

$_name : string

Name given to the association, it usually represents the alias assigned to the target associated table

Type

string

$_className

$_className : string

The class name of the target table object

Type

string

$_bindingKey

$_bindingKey : string|array

The field name in the owning side table that is used to match with the foreignKey

Type

string|array

$_foreignKey

$_foreignKey : string|array

The name of the field representing the foreign key to the table to load

Type

string|array

$_conditions

$_conditions : array|callable

A list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association

Type

array|callable

$_dependent

$_dependent : boolean

Whether the records on the joint table should be removed when a record on the source table is deleted.

Defaults to true for backwards compatibility.

Type

boolean

$_cascadeCallbacks

$_cascadeCallbacks : boolean

Whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks.

Type

boolean

$_sourceTable

$_sourceTable : \Cake\ORM\Table

Source table instance

Type

\Cake\ORM\Table

$_targetTable

$_targetTable : \Cake\ORM\Table

Target table instance

Type

\Cake\ORM\Table

$_joinType

$_joinType : string

The type of join to be used when adding the association to a query

Type

string

$_propertyName

$_propertyName : string

The property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record.

Type

string

$_strategy

$_strategy : string

The strategy name to be used to fetch associated records.

Type

string

$_finder

$_finder : string|array

The default finder name to use for fetching rows from the target table With array value, finder name and default options are allowed.

Type

string|array

$_validStrategies

$_validStrategies : array

Valid strategies for this type of association

Type

array

$_junctionTable

$_junctionTable : \Cake\ORM\Table

Junction table instance

Type

\Cake\ORM\Table

$_junctionTableName

$_junctionTableName : string

Junction table name

Type

string

$_junctionAssociationName

$_junctionAssociationName : string

The name of the hasMany association from the target table to the junction table

Type

string

$_junctionProperty

$_junctionProperty : string

The name of the property to be set containing data from the junction table once a record from the target table is hydrated

Type

string

$_saveStrategy

$_saveStrategy : string

Saving strategy to be used by this association

Type

string

$_targetForeignKey

$_targetForeignKey : string|array

The name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table

Type

string|array

$_through

$_through : string|\Cake\ORM\Table

The table instance for the junction relation.

Type

string|\Cake\ORM\Table

$_targetConditions

$_targetConditions : null|array

Filtered conditions that reference the target table.

Type

null|array

$_junctionConditions

$_junctionConditions : null|array

Filtered conditions that reference the junction table.

Type

null|array

$_sort

$_sort : mixed

Order in which target records should be returned

Type

mixed

Methods

__construct()

__construct(string  $alias, array  $options = array()) 

Constructor. Subclasses can override _options function to get the original list of passed options if expecting any other special key

Parameters

string $alias

The name given to the association

array $options

A list of properties to be set on this object

setName()

setName(string  $name) : $this

Sets the name for this association, usually the alias assigned to the target associated table

Parameters

string $name

Name to be assigned

Returns

$this

getName()

getName() : string

Gets the name for this association, usually the alias assigned to the target associated table

Returns

string

name()

name(string|null  $name = null) : string

Sets the name for this association.

Parameters

string|null $name

Name to be assigned

Returns

string

setCascadeCallbacks()

setCascadeCallbacks(boolean  $cascadeCallbacks) : $this

Sets whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks.

Parameters

boolean $cascadeCallbacks

cascade callbacks switch value

Returns

$this

getCascadeCallbacks()

getCascadeCallbacks() : boolean

Gets whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks.

Returns

boolean

cascadeCallbacks()

cascadeCallbacks(boolean|null  $cascadeCallbacks = null) : boolean

Sets whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks. If no arguments are passed, the current configured value is returned

Parameters

boolean|null $cascadeCallbacks

cascade callbacks switch value

Returns

boolean

setClassName()

setClassName(string  $className) : $this

Sets the class name of the target table object.

Parameters

string $className

Class name to set.

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

In case the class name is set after the target table has been resolved, and it doesn't match the target table's class name.

Returns

$this

getClassName()

getClassName() : string

Gets the class name of the target table object.

Returns

string

className()

className() : string

The class name of the target table object

Returns

string

setSource()

setSource(\Cake\ORM\Table  $table) : $this

Sets the table instance for the source side of the association.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Table $table

the instance to be assigned as source side

Returns

$this

getSource()

getSource() : \Cake\ORM\Table

Gets the table instance for the source side of the association.

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Table

source()

source(\Cake\ORM\Table|null  $table = null) : \Cake\ORM\Table

Sets the table instance for the source side of the association. If no arguments are passed, the current configured table instance is returned

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Table|null $table

the instance to be assigned as source side

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Table

setTarget()

setTarget(\Cake\ORM\Table  $table) : $this

Sets the table instance for the target side of the association.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Table $table

the instance to be assigned as target side

Returns

$this

getTarget()

getTarget() : \Cake\ORM\Table

Gets the table instance for the target side of the association.

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Table

target()

target(\Cake\ORM\Table|null  $table = null) : \Cake\ORM\Table

Sets the table instance for the target side of the association. If no arguments are passed, the current configured table instance is returned

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Table|null $table

the instance to be assigned as target side

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Table

setConditions()

setConditions(array|callable  $conditions) : $this

Sets a list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association.

Parameters

array|callable $conditions

list of conditions to be used

Returns

$this

getConditions()

getConditions() : array|callable

Gets a list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association.

Returns

array|callable

conditions()

conditions(array|null  $conditions = null) : array|callable

Sets a list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association. If no parameters are passed the current list is returned

Parameters

array|null $conditions

list of conditions to be used

Returns

array|callable

setBindingKey()

setBindingKey(string|array  $key) : $this

Sets the name of the field representing the binding field with the target table.

When not manually specified the primary key of the owning side table is used.

Parameters

string|array $key

the table field or fields to be used to link both tables together

Returns

$this

getBindingKey()

getBindingKey() : string|array

Gets the name of the field representing the binding field with the target table.

When not manually specified the primary key of the owning side table is used.

Returns

string|array

bindingKey()

bindingKey(string|null  $key = null) : string|array

Sets the name of the field representing the binding field with the target table.

When not manually specified the primary key of the owning side table is used.

If no parameters are passed the current field is returned

Parameters

string|null $key

the table field to be used to link both tables together

Returns

string|array

getForeignKey()

getForeignKey() : string

Gets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the source table.

Returns

string

setForeignKey()

setForeignKey(string|array  $key) : $this

Sets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table.

Parameters

string|array $key

the key or keys to be used to link both tables together

Returns

$this

foreignKey()

foreignKey(string|null  $key = null) : string|array

Sets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table.

If no parameters are passed the current field is returned

Parameters

string|null $key

the key to be used to link both tables together

Returns

string|array

setDependent()

setDependent(boolean  $dependent) : $this

Sets whether the records on the target table are dependent on the source table.

This is primarily used to indicate that records should be removed if the owning record in the source table is deleted.

If no parameters are passed the current setting is returned.

Parameters

boolean $dependent

Set the dependent mode. Use null to read the current state.

Returns

$this

getDependent()

getDependent() : boolean

Sets whether the records on the target table are dependent on the source table.

This is primarily used to indicate that records should be removed if the owning record in the source table is deleted.

Returns

boolean

dependent()

dependent(boolean|null  $dependent = null) : boolean

Sets whether the records on the target table are dependent on the source table.

This is primarily used to indicate that records should be removed if the owning record in the source table is deleted.

If no parameters are passed the current setting is returned.

Parameters

boolean|null $dependent

Set the dependent mode. Use null to read the current state.

Returns

boolean

canBeJoined()

canBeJoined(array  $options = array()) : boolean

Whether this association can be expressed directly in a query join

Parameters

array $options

custom options key that could alter the return value

Returns

boolean —

if the 'matching' key in $option is true then this function will return true, false otherwise

setJoinType()

setJoinType(string  $type) : $this

Sets the type of join to be used when adding the association to a query.

Parameters

string $type

the join type to be used (e.g. INNER)

Returns

$this

getJoinType()

getJoinType() : string

Gets the type of join to be used when adding the association to a query.

Returns

string

joinType()

joinType(string|null  $type = null) : string

Sets the type of join to be used when adding the association to a query.

If no arguments are passed, the currently configured type is returned.

Parameters

string|null $type

the join type to be used (e.g. INNER)

Returns

string

setProperty()

setProperty(string  $name) : $this

Sets the property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record.

Parameters

string $name

The name of the association property. Use null to read the current value.

Returns

$this

getProperty()

getProperty() : string

Gets the property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record.

Returns

string

property()

property(string|null  $name = null) : string

Sets the property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record.

If no arguments are passed, the currently configured type is returned.

Parameters

string|null $name

The name of the association property. Use null to read the current value.

Returns

string

setStrategy()

setStrategy(string  $name) : $this

Sets the strategy name to be used to fetch associated records. Keep in mind that some association types might not implement but a default strategy, rendering any changes to this setting void.

Parameters

string $name

The strategy type. Use null to read the current value.

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

When an invalid strategy is provided.

Returns

$this

getStrategy()

getStrategy() : string

Gets the strategy name to be used to fetch associated records. Keep in mind that some association types might not implement but a default strategy, rendering any changes to this setting void.

Returns

string

strategy()

strategy(string|null  $name = null) : string

Sets the strategy name to be used to fetch associated records. Keep in mind that some association types might not implement but a default strategy, rendering any changes to this setting void.

If no arguments are passed, the currently configured strategy is returned.

Parameters

string|null $name

The strategy type. Use null to read the current value.

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

When an invalid strategy is provided.

Returns

string

getFinder()

getFinder() : string|array

Gets the default finder to use for fetching rows from the target table.

Returns

string|array

setFinder()

setFinder(string|array  $finder) : $this

Sets the default finder to use for fetching rows from the target table.

Parameters

string|array $finder

the finder name to use or array of finder name and option.

Returns

$this

finder()

finder(string|null  $finder = null) : string|array

Sets the default finder to use for fetching rows from the target table.

If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently configured finder name.

Parameters

string|null $finder

the finder name to use

Returns

string|array

attachTo()

attachTo(\Cake\ORM\Query  $query, array  $options = array()) : void

Alters a Query object to include the associated target table data in the final result

The options array accept the following keys:

  • includeFields: Whether to include target model fields in the result or not
  • foreignKey: The name of the field to use as foreign key, if false none will be used
  • conditions: array with a list of conditions to filter the join with
  • fields: a list of fields in the target table to include in the result
  • type: The type of join to be used (e.g. INNER)

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Query $query

the query to be altered to include the target table data

array $options

Any extra options or overrides to be taken in account

transformRow()

transformRow(array  $row, string  $nestKey, boolean  $joined, string|null  $targetProperty = null) : array

Correctly nests a result row associated values into the correct array keys inside the source results.

Parameters

array $row

The row to transform

string $nestKey

The array key under which the results for this association should be found

boolean $joined

Whether or not the row is a result of a direct join with this association

string|null $targetProperty

The property name in the source results where the association data shuld be nested in. Will use the default one if not provided.

Returns

array

defaultRowValue()

defaultRowValue(array  $row, boolean  $joined) : array

Returns a modified row after appending a property for this association with the default empty value according to whether the association was joined or fetched externally.

Parameters

array $row

The row to set a default on.

boolean $joined

Whether or not the row is a result of a direct join with this association

Returns

array

find()

find(string|array|null  $type = null, array  $options = array()) : \Cake\ORM\Query

Proxies the finding operation to the target table's find method and modifies the query accordingly based of this association configuration.

If your association includes conditions, the junction table will be included in the query's contained associations.

Parameters

string|array|null $type

the type of query to perform, if an array is passed, it will be interpreted as the $options parameter

array $options

The options to for the find

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Query

exists()

exists(array|callable|\Cake\Database\ExpressionInterface  $conditions) : boolean

Proxies the operation to the target table's exists method after appending the default conditions for this association

Parameters

array|callable|\Cake\Database\ExpressionInterface $conditions

The conditions to use for checking if any record matches.

Returns

boolean

updateAll()

updateAll(array  $fields, mixed  $conditions) : integer

Proxies the update operation to the target table's updateAll method

Parameters

array $fields

A hash of field => new value.

mixed $conditions

Conditions to be used, accepts anything Query::where() can take.

Returns

integer —

Count Returns the affected rows.

deleteAll()

deleteAll(mixed  $conditions) : integer

Proxies the delete operation to the target table's deleteAll method

Parameters

mixed $conditions

Conditions to be used, accepts anything Query::where() can take.

Returns

integer —

Returns the number of affected rows.

requiresKeys()

requiresKeys(array  $options = array()) : boolean

Returns true if the eager loading process will require a set of the owning table's binding keys in order to use them as a filter in the finder query.

Parameters

array $options

The options containing the strategy to be used.

Returns

boolean —

true if a list of keys will be required

__get()

__get(string  $property) : \Cake\ORM\Association

Proxies property retrieval to the target table. This is handy for getting this association's associations

Parameters

string $property

the property name

Throws

\RuntimeException

if no association with such name exists

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Association

__isset()

__isset(string  $property) : boolean

Proxies the isset call to the target table. This is handy to check if the target table has another association with the passed name

Parameters

string $property

the property name

Returns

boolean —

true if the property exists

__call()

__call(string  $method, array  $argument) : mixed

Proxies method calls to the target table.

Parameters

string $method

name of the method to be invoked

array $argument

List of arguments passed to the function

Throws

\BadMethodCallException

Returns

mixed

type()

type() : string

Get the relationship type.

Returns

string

eagerLoader()

eagerLoader(array  $options) : \Closure

Eager loads a list of records in the target table that are related to another set of records in the source table. Source records can specified in two ways: first one is by passing a Query object setup to find on the source table and the other way is by explicitly passing an array of primary key values from the source table.

The required way of passing related source records is controlled by "strategy" When the subquery strategy is used it will require a query on the source table. When using the select strategy, the list of primary keys will be used.

Returns a closure that should be run for each record returned in a specific Query. This callable will be responsible for injecting the fields that are related to each specific passed row.

Options array accepts the following keys:

  • query: Query object setup to find the source table records
  • keys: List of primary key values from the source table
  • foreignKey: The name of the field used to relate both tables
  • conditions: List of conditions to be passed to the query where() method
  • sort: The direction in which the records should be returned
  • fields: List of fields to select from the target table
  • contain: List of related tables to eager load associated to the target table
  • strategy: The name of strategy to use for finding target table records
  • nestKey: The array key under which results will be found when transforming the row

Parameters

array $options

The options for eager loading.

Returns

\Closure

cascadeDelete()

cascadeDelete(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $entity, array  $options = array()) : boolean

Clear out the data in the junction table for a given entity.

Each implementing class should handle the cascaded delete as required.

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity

The entity that started the cascading delete.

array $options

The options for the original delete.

Returns

boolean —

Success.

isOwningSide()

isOwningSide(\Cake\ORM\Table  $side) : boolean

Returns boolean true, as both of the tables 'own' rows in the other side of the association via the joint table.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Table $side

The potential Table with ownership

Returns

boolean

saveAssociated()

saveAssociated(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $entity, array  $options = array()) : boolean|\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface

Takes an entity from the source table and looks if there is a field matching the property name for this association. The found entity will be saved on the target table for this association by passing supplied `$options`

When using the 'append' strategy, this function will only create new links between each side of this association. It will not destroy existing ones even though they may not be present in the array of entities to be saved.

When using the 'replace' strategy, existing links will be removed and new links will be created in the joint table. If there exists links in the database to some of the entities intended to be saved by this method, they will be updated, not deleted.

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity

an entity from the source table

array $options

options to be passed to the save method in the target table

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

if the property representing the association in the parent entity cannot be traversed

Returns

boolean|\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface

false if $entity could not be saved, otherwise it returns the saved entity

tableLocator()

tableLocator(\Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface|null  $tableLocator = null) : \Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

Sets the table locator.

If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently used locator.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface|null $tableLocator

LocatorInterface instance.

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

setTableLocator()

setTableLocator(\Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface  $tableLocator) : $this

Sets the table locator.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator

LocatorInterface instance.

Returns

$this

setTargetForeignKey()

setTargetForeignKey(string  $key) : $this

Sets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table.

Parameters

string $key

the key to be used to link both tables together

Returns

$this

getTargetForeignKey()

getTargetForeignKey() : string

Gets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table.

Returns

string

targetForeignKey()

targetForeignKey(string|null  $key = null) : string

Sets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table.

If no parameters are passed current field is returned

Parameters

string|null $key

the key to be used to link both tables together

Returns

string

setSort()

setSort(mixed  $sort) : $this

Sets the sort order in which target records should be returned.

Parameters

mixed $sort

A find() compatible order clause

Returns

$this

getSort()

getSort() : mixed

Gets the sort order in which target records should be returned.

Returns

mixed

sort()

sort(mixed  $sort = null) : mixed

Sets the sort order in which target records should be returned.

If no arguments are passed the currently configured value is returned

Parameters

mixed $sort

A find() compatible order clause

Returns

mixed

junction()

junction(string|\Cake\ORM\Table|null  $table = null) : \Cake\ORM\Table

Sets the table instance for the junction relation. If no arguments are passed, the current configured table instance is returned

Parameters

string|\Cake\ORM\Table|null $table

Name or instance for the join table

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Table

setSaveStrategy()

setSaveStrategy(string  $strategy) : $this

Sets the strategy that should be used for saving.

Parameters

string $strategy

the strategy name to be used

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

if an invalid strategy name is passed

Returns

$this

getSaveStrategy()

getSaveStrategy() : string

Gets the strategy that should be used for saving.

Returns

string —

the strategy to be used for saving

saveStrategy()

saveStrategy(string|null  $strategy = null) : string

Sets the strategy that should be used for saving. If called with no arguments, it will return the currently configured strategy

Parameters

string|null $strategy

the strategy name to be used

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

if an invalid strategy name is passed

Returns

string —

the strategy to be used for saving

link()

link(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $sourceEntity, array  $targetEntities, array  $options = array()) : boolean

Associates the source entity to each of the target entities provided by creating links in the junction table. Both the source entity and each of the target entities are assumed to be already persisted, if they are marked as new or their status is unknown then an exception will be thrown.

When using this method, all entities in $targetEntities will be appended to the source entity's property corresponding to this association object.

This method does not check link uniqueness.

Example:

$newTags = $tags->find('relevant')->toArray();
$articles->getAssociation('tags')->link($article, $newTags);

$article->get('tags') will contain all tags in $newTags after liking

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity

the row belonging to the source side of this association

array $targetEntities

list of entities belonging to the target side of this association

array $options

list of options to be passed to the internal save call

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

when any of the values in $targetEntities is detected to not be already persisted

Returns

boolean —

true on success, false otherwise

unlink()

unlink(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $sourceEntity, array  $targetEntities, array|boolean  $options = array()) : boolean

Removes all links between the passed source entity and each of the provided target entities. This method assumes that all passed objects are already persisted in the database and that each of them contain a primary key value.

Options

Additionally to the default options accepted by Table::delete(), the following keys are supported:

  • cleanProperty: Whether or not to remove all the objects in $targetEntities that are stored in $sourceEntity (default: true)

By default this method will unset each of the entity objects stored inside the source entity.

Example:

$article->tags = [$tag1, $tag2, $tag3, $tag4];
$tags = [$tag1, $tag2, $tag3];
$articles->getAssociation('tags')->unlink($article, $tags);

$article->get('tags') will contain only [$tag4] after deleting in the database

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity

An entity persisted in the source table for this association.

array $targetEntities

List of entities persisted in the target table for this association.

array|boolean $options

List of options to be passed to the internal delete call, or a boolean as cleanProperty key shortcut.

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

If non persisted entities are passed or if any of them is lacking a primary key value.

Returns

boolean —

Success

setThrough()

setThrough(string|\Cake\ORM\Table  $through) : $this

Sets the current join table, either the name of the Table instance or the instance itself.

Parameters

string|\Cake\ORM\Table $through

Name of the Table instance or the instance itself

Returns

$this

getThrough()

getThrough() : string|\Cake\ORM\Table

Gets the current join table, either the name of the Table instance or the instance itself.

Returns

string|\Cake\ORM\Table

replaceLinks()

replaceLinks(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $sourceEntity, array  $targetEntities, array  $options = array()) : boolean

Replaces existing association links between the source entity and the target with the ones passed. This method does a smart cleanup, links that are already persisted and present in `$targetEntities` will not be deleted, new links will be created for the passed target entities that are not already in the database and the rest will be removed.

For example, if an article is linked to tags 'cake' and 'framework' and you pass to this method an array containing the entities for tags 'cake', 'php' and 'awesome', only the link for cake will be kept in database, the link for 'framework' will be deleted and the links for 'php' and 'awesome' will be created.

Existing links are not deleted and created again, they are either left untouched or updated so that potential extra information stored in the joint row is not lost. Updating the link row can be done by making sure the corresponding passed target entity contains the joint property with its primary key and any extra information to be stored.

On success, the passed $sourceEntity will contain $targetEntities as value in the corresponding property for this association.

This method assumes that links between both the source entity and each of the target entities are unique. That is, for any given row in the source table there can only be one link in the junction table pointing to any other given row in the target table.

Additional options for new links to be saved can be passed in the third argument, check Table::save() for information on the accepted options.

Example:

$article->tags = [$tag1, $tag2, $tag3, $tag4];
$articles->save($article);
$tags = [$tag1, $tag3];
$articles->getAssociation('tags')->replaceLinks($article, $tags);

$article->get('tags') will contain only [$tag1, $tag3] at the end

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity

an entity persisted in the source table for this association

array $targetEntities

list of entities from the target table to be linked

array $options

list of options to be passed to the internal save/delete calls when persisting/updating new links, or deleting existing ones

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

if non persisted entities are passed or if any of them is lacking a primary key value

Returns

boolean —

success

_propertyName()

_propertyName() : string

Returns default property name based on association name.

Returns

string

_options()

_options(array  $opts) : void

Parse extra options passed in the constructor.

Parameters

array $opts

original list of options passed in constructor

_appendNotMatching()

_appendNotMatching(\Cake\Datasource\QueryInterface  $query, array  $options) : void

Conditionally adds a condition to the passed Query that will make it find records where there is no match with this association.

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\QueryInterface $query

The query to modify

array $options

Options array containing the negateMatch key.

_dispatchBeforeFind()

_dispatchBeforeFind(\Cake\ORM\Query  $query) : void

Triggers beforeFind on the target table for the query this association is attaching to

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Query $query

the query this association is attaching itself to

_appendFields()

_appendFields(\Cake\ORM\Query  $query, \Cake\ORM\Query  $surrogate, array  $options) : void

Helper function used to conditionally append fields to the select clause of a query from the fields found in another query object.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Query $query

the query that will get the fields appended to

\Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate

the query having the fields to be copied from

array $options

options passed to the method attachTo

_formatAssociationResults()

_formatAssociationResults(\Cake\ORM\Query  $query, \Cake\ORM\Query  $surrogate, array  $options) : void

Adds a formatter function to the passed `$query` if the `$surrogate` query declares any other formatter. Since the `$surrogate` query correspond to the associated target table, the resulting formatter will be the result of applying the surrogate formatters to only the property corresponding to such table.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Query $query

the query that will get the formatter applied to

\Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate

the query having formatters for the associated target table.

array $options

options passed to the method attachTo

_bindNewAssociations()

_bindNewAssociations(\Cake\ORM\Query  $query, \Cake\ORM\Query  $surrogate, array  $options) : void

Applies all attachable associations to `$query` out of the containments found in the `$surrogate` query.

Copies all contained associations from the $surrogate query into the passed $query. Containments are altered so that they respect the associations chain from which they originated.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Query $query

the query that will get the associations attached to

\Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate

the query having the containments to be attached

array $options

options passed to the method attachTo

_joinCondition()

_joinCondition(array  $options) : boolean

Return false as join conditions are defined in the junction table

Parameters

array $options

list of options passed to attachTo method

Returns

boolean —

false

_extractFinder()

_extractFinder(string|array  $finderData) : array

Helper method to infer the requested finder and its options.

Returns the inferred options from the finder $type.

Examples:

The following will call the finder 'translations' with the value of the finder as its options: $query->contain(['Comments' => ['finder' => ['translations']]]); $query->contain(['Comments' => ['finder' => ['translations' => []]]]); $query->contain(['Comments' => ['finder' => ['translations' => ['locales' => ['en_US']]]]]);

Parameters

string|array $finderData

The finder name or an array having the name as key and options as value.

Returns

array

_getClassName()

_getClassName(string  $alias, array  $options = array()) : string

Gets the table class name.

Parameters

string $alias

The alias name you want to get.

array $options

Table options array.

Returns

string

_fixtureName()

_fixtureName(string  $name) : string

Creates a fixture name

Parameters

string $name

Model class name

Returns

string —

Singular model key

_entityName()

_entityName(string  $name) : string

Creates the proper entity name (singular) for the specified name

Parameters

string $name

Name

Returns

string —

Camelized and plural model name

_modelKey()

_modelKey(string  $name) : string

Creates the proper underscored model key for associations

If the input contains a dot, assume that the right side is the real table name.

Parameters

string $name

Model class name

Returns

string —

Singular model key

_modelNameFromKey()

_modelNameFromKey(string  $key) : string

Creates the proper model name from a foreign key

Parameters

string $key

Foreign key

Returns

string —

Model name

_singularName()

_singularName(string  $name) : string

Creates the singular name for use in views.

Parameters

string $name

Name to use

Returns

string —

Variable name

_variableName()

_variableName(string  $name) : string

Creates the plural variable name for views

Parameters

string $name

Name to use

Returns

string —

Plural name for views

_singularHumanName()

_singularHumanName(string  $name) : string

Creates the singular human name used in views

Parameters

string $name

Controller name

Returns

string —

Singular human name

_camelize()

_camelize(string  $name) : string

Creates a camelized version of $name

Parameters

string $name

name

Returns

string —

Camelized name

_pluralHumanName()

_pluralHumanName(string  $name) : string

Creates the plural human name used in views

Parameters

string $name

Controller name

Returns

string —

Plural human name

_pluginPath()

_pluginPath(string  $pluginName) : string

Find the correct path for a plugin. Scans $pluginPaths for the plugin you want.

Parameters

string $pluginName

Name of the plugin you want ie. DebugKit

Returns

string —

path path to the correct plugin.

_pluginNamespace()

_pluginNamespace(string  $pluginName) : string

Return plugin's namespace

Parameters

string $pluginName

Plugin name

Returns

string —

Plugin's namespace

_generateTargetAssociations()

_generateTargetAssociations(\Cake\ORM\Table  $junction, \Cake\ORM\Table  $source, \Cake\ORM\Table  $target) : void

Generate reciprocal associations as necessary.

Generates the following associations:

  • target hasMany junction e.g. Articles hasMany ArticlesTags
  • target belongsToMany source e.g Articles belongsToMany Tags.

You can override these generated associations by defining associations with the correct aliases.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Table $junction

The junction table.

\Cake\ORM\Table $source

The source table.

\Cake\ORM\Table $target

The target table.

_generateSourceAssociations()

_generateSourceAssociations(\Cake\ORM\Table  $junction, \Cake\ORM\Table  $source) : void

Generate additional source table associations as necessary.

Generates the following associations:

  • source hasMany junction e.g. Tags hasMany ArticlesTags

You can override these generated associations by defining associations with the correct aliases.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Table $junction

The junction table.

\Cake\ORM\Table $source

The source table.

_generateJunctionAssociations()

_generateJunctionAssociations(\Cake\ORM\Table  $junction, \Cake\ORM\Table  $source, \Cake\ORM\Table  $target) : void

Generate associations on the junction table as necessary

Generates the following associations:

  • junction belongsTo source e.g. ArticlesTags belongsTo Tags
  • junction belongsTo target e.g. ArticlesTags belongsTo Articles

You can override these generated associations by defining associations with the correct aliases.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Table $junction

The junction table.

\Cake\ORM\Table $source

The source table.

\Cake\ORM\Table $target

The target table.

_saveTarget()

_saveTarget(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $parentEntity, array|\Traversable  $entities, array  $options) : \Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface|boolean

Persists each of the entities into the target table and creates links between the parent entity and each one of the saved target entities.

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $parentEntity

the source entity containing the target entities to be saved.

array|\Traversable $entities

list of entities to persist in target table and to link to the parent entity

array $options

list of options accepted by Table::save()

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

if the property representing the association in the parent entity cannot be traversed

Returns

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface|boolean —

The parent entity after all links have been created if no errors happened, false otherwise

_saveLinks()

_saveLinks(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $sourceEntity, array  $targetEntities, array  $options) : boolean

Creates links between the source entity and each of the passed target entities

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity

the entity from source table in this association

array $targetEntities

list of entities to link to link to the source entity using the junction table

array $options

list of options accepted by Table::save()

Returns

boolean —

success

targetConditions()

targetConditions() : mixed

Returns filtered conditions that reference the target table.

Any string expressions, or expression objects will also be returned in this list.

Returns

mixed —

Generally an array. If the conditions are not an array, the association conditions will be returned unmodified.

junctionConditions()

junctionConditions() : array

Returns filtered conditions that specifically reference the junction table.

Returns

array

_appendJunctionJoin()

_appendJunctionJoin(\Cake\ORM\Query  $query, string|array  $conditions) : \Cake\ORM\Query

Append a join to the junction table.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Query $query

The query to append.

string|array $conditions

The query conditions to use.

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Query

The modified query.

_diffLinks()

_diffLinks(\Cake\ORM\Query  $existing, array  $jointEntities, array  $targetEntities, array  $options = array()) : array

Helper method used to delete the difference between the links passed in `$existing` and `$jointEntities`. This method will return the values from `$targetEntities` that were not deleted from calculating the difference.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Query $existing

a query for getting existing links

array $jointEntities

link entities that should be persisted

array $targetEntities

entities in target table that are related to the $jointEntities

array $options

list of options accepted by Table::delete()

Returns

array

_checkPersistenceStatus()

_checkPersistenceStatus(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $sourceEntity, array  $targetEntities) : boolean

Throws an exception should any of the passed entities is not persisted.

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity

the row belonging to the source side of this association

array $targetEntities

list of entities belonging to the target side of this association

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

Returns

boolean

_collectJointEntities()

_collectJointEntities(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $sourceEntity, array  $targetEntities) : array

Returns the list of joint entities that exist between the source entity and each of the passed target entities

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity

The row belonging to the source side of this association.

array $targetEntities

The rows belonging to the target side of this association.

Throws

\InvalidArgumentException

if any of the entities is lacking a primary key value

Returns

array

_junctionAssociationName()

_junctionAssociationName() : string

Returns the name of the association from the target table to the junction table, this name is used to generate alias in the query and to later on retrieve the results.

Returns

string

_junctionTableName()

_junctionTableName(string|null  $name = null) : string

Sets the name of the junction table.

If no arguments are passed the current configured name is returned. A default name based of the associated tables will be generated if none found.

Parameters

string|null $name

The name of the junction table.

Returns

string