不使用前缀就关联到另一个表

Question

So i have a task of creating a mobile version of an existing website but its built with a different framework which i didnt started.

The client wants to use CakePhp on it. so im using CakePhp 2.5.7. My question is. Is there a way to relate another table from an existing table without using prefixes?

To make it more clear i have this on my controller

public function index(){
    $this->loadModel('Bulletin');
    $bulletins = $this->Bulletin->find('all');
}

in my model

class Bulletin extends AppModel{

    var $useTable = 'bulletin';

    var $hasMany = array(
        'BulletinComment' => array(
            'className'   => 'BulletinComment',
            'foreignKey'  => 'bulletinid',
        ),
    );
}

but the bulletincomment table on the database has no prefix. and showing error on page

Error: Table bulletincomments for model bulletincomment was not found in datasource default.

I tried creating BulletinComment model like this

class BulletinComment extends AppModel{

    var $useTable = 'bulletincomment';  

}

but to no avail. Im still getting error. Is it possible to use any relation without adding prefixes?

Answer 1

Assuming prefixes are setup in the database connection ( /app/Config/database.php ) you can override it for one table if you add this to the model:

public $tablePrefix = '';

Or you could remove the prefix in the connection and add it back for the models that need it, depending on which is faster.