Re: Instantiating and Saving a Model from another Model

if(!isset($this->ModelName){

  $this->ModelName->loadModel();

}

This only works in the controller, but it should get you what you want if I understood the question correctly.

Sincerely,
Michael Stelly
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On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 8:34 PM, CakeNino <ninotasca@gmail.com> wrote:

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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