在CakePHP中搜索没有模型的表

Question

I have a table for messages (without a controller and model) that users can submit a message to the admin. Aside from creating a messages model and then using loadmodel to search it, is there a better way of doing this?

I would just do something like

//AdminsController
$this->loadmodel('Message');
$this->Message->find(....);

While that is easy to do, I feel like creating a messages model isn't necessary if I can set something up in the Admin model to allow me to do so. Is this possible?

Answer 1

A model file isn't necessary

Cake will use an AppModel instance if a model is requested for which there is no model file found. If a model has no associations and follows conventions (plural name, primary key field id ) - then it's not necessary to create a model file at all.

As such the example code in the question will "just work".