unbindModel call in CakePhp. How does it work?
cakephp, php
Solution
From the manual:
Removing or adding associations using bind- and unbindModel() only works for the next model operation unless the second parameter has been set to `false`. If the second parameter has been set to `false`, the bind remains in place for the remainder of the request.
In other words, after you `paginate()` or `find()` or do anything else with the model, the unbinding will be reversed.
Problem
How does unbindModel happen in cake? ``` $this->User->unbindModel(array('hasAndBelongsToMany' => array('Friend'))); ``` I wrote this in the beginning of a function. But still it queries the 'Friend' model. There was a call to paginate() in the middle of the function. So I thought the paginator might be generating the queries. I did added an unbindModel call just before paginate and it now works. ``` $this->User->unbindModel(array('hasAndBelongsToMany' => array('Friend'))); $user = $this->paginate("User", array("User.first_name LIKE" => $user["User"]["first_name"])); ``` Does unbindModel unbind every query? or does it unbind during the entire function call?