Self-Referential ManyToMany Convention in CakePHP

Question

I have an existing data model where I can rename things freely to match CakePHP\'s conventions. I have a type of graph node, where a node can have an arbitrary number of chi

Answer 1

If a node has child nodes, do those child nodes automatically have the first node as a parent?

This relationship may be similar to a users to users relationship where the relationship symbolises the common 'friend' notion in social networks. Suggest you have a google around for user/friend data models to see if that helps.