CakePHP Twitter-clone: Can't get follow-system to work

Question

Sorry for the non-descript title, but I\'m not sure how to phrase it. Currently, I am trying my hand at developing a Twitter clone with cakePHP, since I\'m new to web progr

Answer 1

app/models/user.php

class User extends AppModel{
      var $name = 'User';

      var $hasAndBelongsToMany = array(
            'Follower' => array(
                  'className'             => 'Follower',
                  'joinTable'             => 'user_users',
                  'foreignKey'            => 'user_id',
                  'associationForeignKey' => 'child_user_id'
            )
      )
}

app/models/follower.php

class Follower extends AppModel{
      var $name     = 'Follower';
      var $useTable = 'users';
}

You will have to make a table user_users with the fields user_id and child_user_id. child_user_id would be the follower ID, you could name it follower id if you want but it might be confusing if you need to make a similar relation in the future.

Try it out.