Adding Containable to all models
The Containable behavior is a part of the CakePHP core, and is probably one of the most important behaviors we have to help us deal with model bindings.
Almost all CakePHP applications will benefit from its functionalities, so in this recipe we see how to enable it for all models.
How to do it...
Create a file named app_model.php and place it in your app/ folder, with the following contents. If you already have one, make sure that either you add the actsAs property shown as follows, or that your actsAs property includes Containable.
<?php
class AppModel extends Model {
public $actsAs = array('Containable');
}
?>
How it works...
The Containable behavior is nothing more and nothing less than a wrapper around the bindModel() and unbindModel() methods, defined in the CakePHP's Model class. It is there to help us deal with the management of associations without having to go through a lengthy process of redefining all the associations when calling one of these...
