Format MySQL Select into Associative Array in CakePHP - php

Question

I like how CakePHP automatically loops through the results of MySQL queries and formats them in a nice map for you.
Here's a sample query that I'm using:
# Inside some model
return $this->query("
SELECT
Profile.id,
SUM( IF( HOUR(Log.event_one) > 3, 1, 0 ) ) as EventOne
FROM profiles Profile
JOIN logs Log ON Log.id = Profile.log_id
WHERE Profile.id = {$pUserId}
");
CakePHP would return a map like the following as the result:
array
0
array
'Profile'
array
'id' => 23
'0'
array
'EventOne' => 108
1
array
'Profile'
array
'id' => 23
'0'
array
'EventOne' => 42
2
...
What I'm trying to do is have the result be something like this:
array
'Profile'
array
'id' => 23
'Events'
# ^ I want to be able to specify this key
array
'EventOne' => 108
Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can't do that directly
The top level array keys are derived from the table name which mysql says the field relates to - in your case it's a calculated field and therefore (according to mysql) belongs to no table - hence the 0 array key.
Post processing
What you can do however, is post process the result so that it is the format you want:
public function getStuff() {
// The query call in the question can very easily be a normal find call
$return = $this->query("don't use query unless you have no choice");
foreach($return as &$row) {
$row['Events'] = $row[0];
unset($row[0]);
}
return $return;
}