Re: Fixtures or anything outside the database

One solution would be ArraySource from plugin https://github.com/cakephp/datasources

- app/Config/bootstrap.php:
CakePlugin::load('Datasources');

- app/Config/database.php:
class DATABASE_CONFIG {
public $array = array('datasource' => 'Datasources.ArraySource');
...
}

- app/Model/Testimonial.php
class Testimonial extends AppModel {
public $useDbConfig = 'array';
public $records = array(
array(
'id' => 1,
'title' => 'Title #1',
),
);
}

- create TestimonialsController, or in any controller:
$this->loadModel('Testimonial');
$this->set('testimonials', $this->Testimonial->find('all');

If you'll want to move testimonials data out of model source, overload
constructor of Testimonial model and use Configure::load/read() for
initialization of $this->records property.

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