Question

I have a model with the name Deal class Deal extends AppModel

Now in my controller I call a method in the Deal model called getDeal()

$dealInfo = Deal::getDeal($dealID);

I want the info returned to me but the var_dump displays blank

function getDeal($dealID){

    $deal = $this->Deal->find('first', array(
                            'conditions' => 
                                'Deal.id' =>$dealID

                            ) ,
                            'fields' => array(
                                'Deal.id'
                            ) ,

                            'recursive' => 1,

                            ));
}

This is the first time I’m working in cakePHP, so this question might sound a bit dumb

Answer 1

Check your function declaration, $deal_id does not exist and as you can see from the parameter you pass to the function which should me $deal_id and not dealID. So you have a misdeclared function calling find with a variable that does not exist.