CakePHP Threaded "Find" with Associated Models - php

Question

I am using a $this->find('threaded') in my CakePHP application and am trying to pull in an associated model within the find (HABTM). I have tried several methods, such as 'joins', 'recursive' and 'contains' all with no luck. I am using CakePHP 2.3.6
Here is my (working) code.
class EventsController extends AppController {
public function promoters($id = null) {
$options = array('conditions' => array('Event.id' => $id));
$event = $this->Event->find('first', $options);
$this->set('event', $event);
$this->loadModel('EventsPromoter');
$treelistConditions = array(
'conditions' => array(
'event_id' => $id
),
);
$promoterTree = $this->EventsPromoter->find('threaded', $treelistConditions);
$this->set('promoters', $promoterTree);
}
}
This results in the following array output
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 1
[promoter_id] => 1
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] =>
[created] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
[modified] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
)
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 10
[promoter_id] => 4
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] => 1
[created] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
[modified] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
)
[children] => Array
(
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 13
[promoter_id] => 6
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] => 1
[created] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
[modified] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
)
[children] => Array
(
)
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 2
[promoter_id] => 2
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] =>
[created] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
[modified] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
)
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 11
[promoter_id] => 5
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] => 2
[created] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
[modified] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
)
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 6
[promoter_id] => 3
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] => 11
[created] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
[modified] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
)
[children] => Array
(
)
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 14
[promoter_id] => 7
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] => 2
[created] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
[modified] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
)
[children] => Array
(
)
)
)
)
)
What I would like my code to output is the following
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 1
[promoter_id] => 1
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] =>
[created] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
[modified] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
)
[Promoter] => Array
(
[promoter_id] => 1
[first_name] => 'Bob'
[last_name] => 'Smith'
)
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 10
[promoter_id] => 4
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] => 1
[created] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
[modified] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
)
[Promoter] => Array
(
[promoter_id] => 4
[first_name] => 'Sally'
[last_name] => 'Sue'
)
[children] => Array
(
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 13
[promoter_id] => 6
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] => 1
[created] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
[modified] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
)
[Promoter] => Array
(
[promoter_id] => 6
[first_name] => 'Ben'
[last_name] => 'King'
)
[children] => Array
(
)
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 2
[promoter_id] => 2
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] =>
[created] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
[modified] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
)
[Promoter] => Array
(
[promoter_id] => 2
[first_name] => 'Jack'
[last_name] => 'Sparrow'
)
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 11
[promoter_id] => 5
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] => 2
[created] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
[modified] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
)
[Promoter] => Array
(
[promoter_id] => 5
[first_name] => 'Jane'
[last_name] => 'Doe'
)
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 6
[promoter_id] => 3
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] => 11
[created] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
[modified] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
)
[Promoter] => Array
(
[promoter_id] => 3
[first_name] => 'Mike'
[last_name] => 'Jones'
)
[children] => Array
(
)
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[EventsPromoter] => Array
(
[id] => 14
[promoter_id] => 7
[event_id] => 1
[parent_id] => 2
[created] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
[modified] => 2013-07-26 00:30:09
)
[Promoter] => Array
(
[promoter_id] => 7
[first_name] => 'Spider'
[last_name] => 'Man'
)
[children] => Array
(
)
)
)
)
)
Nothing I have been trying is working, and this seems like something Cake should be able to handle fairly easily. Thanks in advance for any help!

Answer 1

I was taking a slightly wrong approach for what I was trying to accomplish. While I still think this should be possible from my EventsController class, I elected to make it in the EventsPromotersController HABTM class. The code is much simpler using this method
class EventsPromotersController extends AppController {
public function event($event_id = null) {
$options = array('conditions' => array('event_id' => $event_id));
$promoters = $this->EventsPromoter->find('threaded', $options);
$this->set('promoters', $promoters);
}
}