Question

Actually I have 1 query but I am unable to convert it into CakePHP query format.

$result = "select 
             * from esl_userresults
           where 
             esl_userresults.esl_songID = esl_lyrics.id 
             and esl_lyrics.song_name like '%".$esl_keyword."%'" ;

When I convert this query into CakePHP it gives an error like:

esl_userresults.esl_songID unknown column. 

Answer 1

You can easily run direct sql queries on cake using e.g.:
$this->Picture->query(“SELECT * FROM pictures LIMIT 2;”);
(cake manual)

Or try something simillar to this:

    $result = Esl_Userresults->find('all' , array('conditions' => array(
             "Esl_Userresults.esl_songID" => "Esl_Lyrics.id",
             "Esl_Lyrics.song_name LIKE" => '%'.$esl_keyword.'%'),
              'recursive' => 1)
              );

..given that you have properly linked Esl_Userresults and Esl_Lyrics models.