How do I filter deep associations in CakePHP

Question

I have the following tables: binders, docs, users, docs_users. Doc belongsTo Binder, Doc hasAndBelongsToMany User.

I want to get binders and their associated docs f

Answer 1

On this line, you need to tell Cake which Model's id you are talking about:

'conditions' => array('id = "17"')

e.g. DocsUser.id

...and you don't use recursive with containable. Get rid of it.