what's the difference between model->alias and model->name in CakePHP?

Question

alias and name are both properties in cake models. They seem to be similar, but since both of them exist, there must be a difference. What is it?

Answer 1

I'm guessing, but an alias could be the assigned value when you have a relationship between a model and another and you give the associated model a name not equal to that of the class.

For example:

$hasMany = array('UserNew' => array('className' => 'User'));

In that case, you're using the model that's actually called User, but you're referencing it as 'UserNew'.