Thanks,
That explains it quite well for me.
It has been one of those thing at the back of my mind since I keep
seeing both used, seemingly, interchangeably in examples all over the
web.
I guess I do a bit of search and replace for the places I have used
this->name. :)
Martin
On Sep 11, 2:45 pm, grigri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Most of the time you'll want $this->alias
>
> The difference appears in associations:
>
> class Post extends AppModel {
> var $belongsTo = array(
> 'Author' => array('className' => 'User')
> );
>
> }
>
> When this association is active, the `User` model class will have
> $this->name=='User' but $this->alias=='Author'.
>
> For callbacks, you should use $this->alias in most cases (although
> *most* of the time they will be the same anyway).
>
> For your example btw, use $this->id to get the primary key value. For
> others though:
>
> (example)
> $the_title = $this->data[$this->alias][$this->displayField]
>
> hth
> grigri
>
> On Sep 11, 1:09 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have seen tutorials and example-code using either $this->name or
> > $this->alias. Which one of preferable?
>
> > Example:
> > $the_id = $this->data[$this->name][$this->primaryKey];
> > or
> > $the_id = $this->data[$this->alias][$this->primaryKey];
>
> > I am not clear about which one I should use in my AppModel or any
> > beforeSave or other hooks. The only difference I have noticed myself
> > is that in 1.2 beta I had problems with one of them in tests... but
> > both look Ok now.
>
> > What's the difference?
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