Question

Each Order in the database has a product_id. There is only one Product per order.

From the ProductsController, I want to show all the products, and next to each one a number of how many times it has been ordered. I will need to include a condition to exclude any products that have deleted = 0

Answer 1

This query should return the results you need. Adjust as needed with conditions, additional fields, etc.

$data = $this->Order->find('all',array( 
   'fields'=>array(
       'COUNT(Product.id)as Count',
       'Product.id','Product.name'
   ), 
   'group'=>array(
       'Product.id'
   ), 
   'contain'=>'Product' 
));