Question

i have three tables an i would insert one array to the database. Its one tv show, with many seasons. And the Seasons have many Episodes. Here are my tables:

shows

id
title
created
modified

seasons

id
shows_id
created
modified

episodes

id
seasons_id
title
created
modified

The Model files:

Show.php

<?php
class Show extends AppModel {
    public $name = 'Show';
    public $hasMany = 'Season';
}

Season.php

<?php
class Season extends AppModel {
    public $name        = 'Season';
    public $belongsTo   = 'Show';
    public $hasMany     = 'Episode';
}

Episode.php

<?php
class Episode extends AppModel {
    public $name = 'Episode';
    public $belongsTo = 'Season';
}

I had tried it with this Array:

$this->Show->create();

$sql_show = array(
    'Show' => array(
        'id'        => 2,
        'title'     => 'Super Mega Show',
    ),
    'Season' => array(
        array(
            'id'        => 1,
            'shows_id'  => 2,
            'Episode'   => array(
                array(
                    'id'    => 1,
                    'title' => 'Episode Title 1'
                ),
                array(
                    'id'    => 2,
                    'title' => 'Episode Title 2 '
                ),
                array(
                    'id'    => 3,
                    'title' => 'Episode Title 3'
                ),
            )
        ),
    )
);


$this->Show->saveAll($sql_show);

How can i insert this array?

greetings

Answer 1

You can try the following code to save multiple associated data:

 $this->Show->save($sql_show, array('deep' => true));

You can also try it using saveAssociated() method.

kindly ask if it not worked for you.