Question

I am in the FilesController and I’m trying to get a file based on the condition that its order belongs to the current user.

FilesController

// Check the file exists and that it belongs to the user

$this->File->find('first', array(
    'conditions' => array(
        'File.id' => $id,
        'Order.Customer.id' => $this->Auth->user('id')
    ),
    'recursive' => 2
));

Cake SQL Error

Unknown column 'Order.Customer.id' in 'where clause'

I’m trying to get the SQL to left join orders onto files and then left join customers onto orders, but I can’t figure out how to join the customers table, although I’m sure I’ve done this before. I’ve tried everything I can think of with the conditions, and using contains.

Here’s my model relationships:

Customer Model

class Customer extends AppModel {

    public $hasMany = array('Order');

}

Order Model

class Order extends AppModel {

    public $belongsTo = array('Customer');

    public $hasMany = array('File');

}

File Model

class File extends AppModel {

    public $belongsTo = array('Order');

}

Answer 1

I realised there is no need to actually join the customers table in this instance, because the orders table already has the customer_id.

$this->File->find('first', array(
    'conditions' => array(
        'File.id' => $id,
        'Order.customer_id' => $this->Auth->user('id')
    )
));