Question

Is it possible to make relation in cakephp model with some specific conditions:
eg:

var $belongsTo = array(
    'Parent' => array(
        'className' => 'Category', 
        'foreignKey' => 'parent_id', 
        'dependent' => true
    )
);

I want the above relation on where field parent_id is not 0. Please give some overview on How to do that?

Answer 1

You can put conditions in the relations just like you do with finds.

var $belongsTo = array(
    'Parent' => array(
        'className' => 'Category', 
        'foreignKey' => 'parent_id', 
        'dependent' => true,
        'conditions' => array(
            ...
        )
    )
);