Instantiating and Saving a Model from another Model

I am new to CakePHP and am building an application to help learn the
framework. I am having a problem trying to instiate one model from
another model. Here is the basic premise...

Assume a simple application - I have Feeds (as in RSS Feeds) and
Content. I want to create a page that grabs an RSS feed, loops
through each of the items, and saves each item in separately in the
Content table. Here is what I would LIKE to do - but have problems.
My problems may be both conceptual and/or syntax related.



In the FEED model, I created a function called processFeedContent.
Here is how I would like it to work (written in psuedo-code):



public function processFeedContent($feedUrl = null) {

$xml = Xml::build($feedUrl);
$x_array = Xml::toArray($xml);
$contents = $x_array['rss']['channel']['item'];

for each($contents as $content) {
$title = $content['title'];
$link = $content['link'];


//THIS IS THE PART I NEED HELP WITH.
//THE CODE BELOW IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IN
PSUEDO CODE

//STEP 1 - Instantiate an empty Content
Object
$myContent = $this->Create('Content');

//STEP 2 - Set appropriate values in the newly
created object
$myContent->set('title', $title);
$myContent->set('link', $link);


//STEP3 - Save the New Object
$myContent->save();
}
}



ANy help or guidance will be greatly apprecaited

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