CakePHP: calling other Model functions

Question

How can i call, from a Model, a function present in another model? I would like not to repeat code.

Answer 1

You should try to have relationships between your models. There are many types of relationships which you can read here...

If you have above said associations, you can access your associated models using:

$this->Model->OtherModel->function();

If your models are not related in any way, you should use:

ClassRegistry::init('OtherModel')->function();

You can check out my question on this where I obtained great answers

Answer 2

We can use Model relation to call the function in another model. Eg.

$this->Model->ModelOne->find();
$this->Model->ModelOne->customFunc();

If there is no relation in the models, The we can use

$this->loadModel('ModelName');

To use in the model. In this case you can use

$this->ModelName->function();

directly as you've loaded that model.

Answer 3

User App::import()

App::import('Model','OtherModel');
$attr = new OtherModel();
$attr->Othermodelfunction();