CakePHP - How to do reverse routing with slug?

Question

I am using CakePHP 1.3. I have a Product model. on the DB table among others there are id and slug fields.

If I have a product that is

Answer 1

You should look at the following post regarding custom route classes.

The slug data doesn't need to be involved with the database at all - the field is a fake field used to simplify logic and lookups. This solution allows you to reverse route slugs, without needing a slug field in the models table.

http://42pixels.com/blog/slugs-ugly-bugs-pretty-urls