Re: Ingherited models that filter active users/records?

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 5:44 PM, geste <jim.hogan@gmail.com> wrote:
> However, I find myself writing a lot of snippets in controllers that
> essentially go "WHERE active = '1'" and that seems like it could be a pain
> and error-prone over time.
>
> What I'd like to do is leave "People" alone but create a new model or model
> called "Users" that simply flters People for active=1. And maybe a
> corresponding model that is OldUsers and feteches active=0.
>
> I started to implement something like this at the controller level but then
> asked myself why not implement at Model level. Does this seems liek a
> rational approach. Can anyone point to some good examples outside of basic
> API docs?

The model is the perfect place to put this. Have a look at creating
custom find types
(http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/retrieving-your-data.html#creating-custom-find-types)

You can set whatever filters you want in there.

Mike.

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