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Associations - phpactiverecord - El Forum - 03-23-2012 [eluser]Unknown[/eluser] I'm using phpactiverecord with my project. I'm trying to make use of associations and joins. First, should I setup associations in both directions on the associated models? Example: <pre> class User extends ActiveRecord\Model { static $has_many = 'auctions'; } class Auction extends ActiveRecord\Model { static $belongs_to = 'user'; } </pre> Or should I just setup the parent (User) model association? In querying the user table to bring in a user's auctions, should I do it using association or "join" in phpactiverecord? What's the difference? Is one better than the other? Also, both User model and Auction model are associated with Item model. I would like to display the item "name" in my listing. Should I try to do that in the association between auction and item or user and item? Hope I haven't rambled. Thanks. Slider |