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Aaron Dougherty
Aaron Dougherty

Reputation: 725

First Letter Capitalization in CakePHP Model Name

I have been having a problem lately with my CakePHP models. The capitalization of the first letter of the model name keep changing. For example

$brands = $this->brand->findAllByCompanyId($company);
$list = array();
foreach ($brands as &$brand) {
    $list[] = array(
        'name' => $brand['brand']['name'],
        'id'   => $brand['brand']['id']
    );
}

For some reason, the key names would change to

$brand['Brand']['name']
$brand['Brand']['id']

Notice the change in the capitalization in the word "Brand." Does anyone have an idea why this happens, or how to force a specific capitalization?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1220

Answers (3)

icc97
icc97

Reputation: 12863

One of the basic principles of CakePHP is about making life easier by following conventions. As @Neal above says, CakePHP expects the Model to be capitalised. Stick to it being capitalised and you'll make your life easier.

Upvotes: 2

shahalpk
shahalpk

Reputation: 3462

You can override this by adding the line in your model.
$this->name = 'brand';

Upvotes: 1

Naftali
Naftali

Reputation: 146360

CakePHP models always capitalizes the name of the model when it is selecting it from the database.
(I am assuming that $this->brand->findAllByCompanyId($company); is doing a query)

Upvotes: 1

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