lithium\data\Model::bind()

public static method

Creates a relationship binding between this model and another.

Parameters

  • string $type

    The type of relationship to create. Must be one of 'hasOne', 'hasMany' or 'belongsTo'.
  • string $name

    The name of the relationship. If this is also the name of the model, the model must be in the same namespace as this model. Otherwise, the fully-namespaced path to the model class must be specified in $config.
  • array $config

    Any other configuration that should be specified in the relationship. See the Relationship class for more information.

Returns

object

Returns an instance of the Relationship class that defines the connection.

Source

	public static function bind($type, $name, array $config = []) {
		$self = static::object();
		if (!isset($config['fieldName'])) {
			$config['fieldName'] = $self->_relationFieldName($type, $name);
		}

		if (!in_array($type, $self->_relationTypes)) {
			throw new ConfigException("Invalid relationship type `{$type}` specified.");
		}
		$self->_relationFieldNames[$config['fieldName']] = $name;
		$rel = static::connection()->relationship(get_called_class(), $type, $name, $config);
		return $self->_relations[$name] = $rel;
	}