Question

I have to make a view that shows unrelated data from multiple tables. I am new to cakePHP (and PHP in general) and as far as my understanding goes, each model is a depiction of just one table. I know that we can define associations with other tables, but in my case I need to give access to data that is no way related to the model who’s view will be opened.

Example:
Say there is a blogging platform and we are currently viewing a post. (Model – Post, function – Read). Now I want a list of (Say) subscribers of our newsletter. This data is not related to the model and hence, I don’t think the data will be accessible to the controller. Please tell me how to get this data in view directly.

Answer 1

In your controller, when defining the class, add a class attribute $uses to tell your controller which models to load.

class SomeController extends AppController {
    public $name        = 'Some';
    public $uses        = array( 'Model1', 'Model2' );}

And then, in your method, you just call that model:

$result = $this->Model1->find('all');
$result2= $this->Model2->find('all');