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Asked: 2026-05-20T12:07:42+00:00

Okay so two questions very related: 1) Does following the naming convention for classes,

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Okay so two questions very related:

1) Does following the naming convention for classes, controllers, database fields, etc. affect the framework’s ability to work the way it was intended? (I’m a little new to working with a framework from the beginning of app development)

2) This question is more important if 1 is a yes. Say I have a table, A, that has 2 foreign keys pointing at the same table, B, but different entries (they’re like edges of a graph that point at two vertices) how would I follow the naming convention of their database fields? All I can think to do is something like vertex_1_id and vertex_2_id but I don’t know how the framework would handle that if the naming conventions are necessary for its functioning correctly.

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  1. Editorial Team

    1. Yes.
      It takes some time to learn the conventions, but they amortize later (“convention over configuration”).

    2. If a table contains two foreign keys, say vertex1_id and vertex2_id (<- following the CakePHP conventions), pointing to the same table, aliases are applied.

    Edit0:
    Maybe this is what you are looking for with regards to (2). Check the foreignKey part.

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