CakePHP Translate: Getting group by latest date - php

Question

How do I translate below to cakePHP code? The code below comes from a solution here MySQL order by before group by.
Getting the author's latest post using group by.
SELECT p1.*
FROM wp_posts p1
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT max(post_date) MaxPostDate, post_author
FROM wp_posts
WHERE post_status='publish'
AND post_type='post'
GROUP BY post_author
) p2
ON p1.post_author = p2.post_author
AND p1.post_date = p2.MaxPostDate
WHERE p1.post_status='publish'
AND p1.post_type='post'
order by p1.post_date desc
Below is still similar situation:
SELECT t1.* FROM payment_status t1
JOIN (SELECT payment_id, MAX(created) max_created
FROM payment_status
GROUP BY payment_id
) t2
ON t1.payment_id = t2.payment_id AND t1.created = t2.max_created;
I need some cakePHP translation for either the two mySQL statements.
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I did something like the code below but it gives me error
Error: SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1059 Identifier name 'SELECT max(dateEncoded) maxDate, findings FROM maintain GROUP BY computer_id Office.main_office LIKE' is too long
How do I fix it?
$this->Computer->unbindModel(array(
'belongsTo' => array('Office'),
'hasMany' => array('Brand','Maintain')
));
$model_view = $this->Computer->bindModel(array(
'hasOne' => array(
'Office' => array(
'foreignKey' => false,
'conditions' => array('Office.id = Computer.office_id')
),
'Maintain' => array(
'foreignKey' => false,
'conditions' => array('Computer.id = Maintain.computer_id'),
)
)
)
);
$main_office = trim($this->request->data['Office']['office_id']);
$joins = array(
array(
'table' => "SELECT max(dateEncoded) maxDate, findings FROM maintain GROUP BY computer_id",
'alias' => 'P2',
'type' => 'INNER',
'conditions' => array('Maintain.findings = p2.findings','Maintain.dateEncoded = p2.maxDate')
)
);
$conditions=array("Office.main_office LIKE"=>"%$main_office%");
$result = $this->Computer->find('all',array(
$model_view,
'joins'=>$joins,
'conditions'=>$conditions,
'order' => array('Office.description'),
'group' => 'Computer.id'
));

Answer 1

This can be written something like this :-
$joins = array(
array(
'table' => 'SELECT max(post_date) MaxPostDate, post_author FROM wp_posts WHERE post_status='publish' AND post_type='post'GROUP BY post_author',
'alias' => 'P2',
'type' => 'INNER',
'conditions' => array('WpPost.post_author = p2.post_author','WpPost.post_date = p2.MaxPostDate')
)
);
$conditions=array("WpPost.post_status='publish'","WpPost.post_type='post'");
$this->WpPost->find('all',array('fields'=>array('WpPost.*'),'joins'=>$joins,'conditions'=>$conditions);