querying relational models in Yii - php

Question

In my Web Application I have three models. Namely- items,Manufacturers,items_manufacturers
This is the query I need to perform
SELECT items.id,item_desc,manufacturers.id,manufacturers.name FROM items_manufacturers,items,manufacturers WHERE items_manufacturers.item_id=item.id AND items_manufacturers.manufacturer_id=manufacturers.id
The relation between the models is
public function relations()
{
// NOTE: you may need to adjust the relation name and the related
// class name for the relations automatically generated below.
return array(
'item' => array(self::BELONGS_TO, 'Items', 'item_id'),
'manufacturer' => array(self::BELONGS_TO, 'Manufacturers', 'manufacturer_id'),
'itemsManufacturersLocations' => array(self::HAS_MANY, 'ItemsManufacturersLocations', 'items_manufacturer_id'),
);
}
I am unable to write this query using the conventions in Yii framework.
This is what I tried
$im=new CDbCriteria ;
$im->with= array(
'items_manufacturers.item_id'
'items_manufacturers.manufacturer_id'
'items.item_desc'
'manufacturers.manufacturer_name'
'condition'=>'items_manufacturers.manufacturer_id=manufacturers.id
items_manufacturer.item_id=items.id'
);
))->findAll();
Any body kindly help me with this, since I am new to this framework.I am stuck up with this.I tried this in the items_manufacturers Controller.

Answer 1

You're assigning 'with' property with db columns, while you should do something like:
$im = new CDbCriteria;
$im->with = array('items','manufacturers'); // you put 'relation names' here, not db columns
$imf = ItemsManufacturers::model()->findAll($im);
You could do this without criteria:
$imf = ItemsManufacturers::model()->with('items','manufacturers')->findAll();