Question

I want to use CakePHP’s Model::find('threaded') method but in my MySQL table the parent key field is father and not parent_id – is it possible to use it with this field name instead?

Answer 1

On 2.1 you can pass the option parent, you may need the tree behavior attached for it to work.

Before 2.1 you can just use virtual fields in your model:

public $virtualFields = array(
    'parent_id' => 'Model.father'
);