Cakephp custom query with left join table rows as nested arrays - php

Question

I'm trying to get nested arrays for my Cakephp custom query below:
$this->query("
SELECT *
FROM group_buys GroupBuy
LEFT JOIN products Product
ON Product.id = GroupBuy.product_id
LEFT JOIN group_buy_users GroupBuysUser
ON GroupBuysUser.group_buy_id = GroupBuy.id
LEFT JOIN group_buy_images GroupBuyImage
ON GroupBuyImage.group_buy_id = GroupBuy.id
LEFT JOIN product_details ProductDetail
ON ProductDetail.product_id = Product.id
LEFT JOIN specifications Specification
ON Specification.id = ProductDetail.specification_id
LEFT JOIN specification_categories SpecificationCategory
ON SpecificationCategory.id = Specification.specification_category_id
WHERE GroupBuy.id = {$id}
");
Problem with this is that it comes up with redundant data obviously with GroupBuy table row values repeating which I don't want.
Is there a way we can have nested arrays if LEFT JOINED table has more rows than the former table with Cake's custom query?
I know this can be done with find recursive = 2 but would like to achieve this with custom query.

Answer 1

Have you tried using containable?
$this->GroupBuy->Behaviors->attach('Containable');
$this->GroupBuy->find('all', array(
'conditions' => array('GroupBuy.id' => $id),
'contain' => array(
'Product' => array(
'ProductDetail' => array(
'Specification' => array(
'SpecificationCategory'
)
)
),
'GroupBuysUser',
'GroupBuyImage'
),
));