Question

I have this function write in a CakePHP model:

public function getPeopleByName($name){
        $this->unbindModel(array('hasMany' => array('OfficePersonTask')));

        $options['fields'] = array("Person.id", "CONCAT(Person.first_name, ' ', Person.last_name) AS full_name");

        return $this->find('all', $options);   
}

This gave me the following json:

{
   People:[
      {
         0:{
            full_name:"Groucho Marx"
         },
         Person:{
            id:"1"
         }
      },
      {
         0:{
            full_name:"Giovanni Ferretti"
         },
         Person:{
            id:"2"
         }
      }
   ]
}

I would that *full_name* will be part of Person group (actually is in a group called 0, all alone). How I can do that?

Answer 1

Use a virtual field in the model rather than a MySQL function in your find. There are some ways to query for data as you are trying to, but you have to account for data being returned in an indexed array rather than the normal associative.