I am attempting to migrate some legacy data models/schemas to a fuel API, and have run into an odd issue with the to_array() method on a model that has two $_belongs_to properties.
When I load the model without the to_array() method, I properly receive both related items with eager loading, but as soon as I pass them through this function to convert the data to make it digestable by the new API, it will strip out the second $_belongs_to property. If I re-order the props in the $belongs_to array, it will show whichever item is first in the array.
My question is, how can I convert this data to an array without losing the second relationship?
Here are some cleaned up examples for ease of reference:
Transaction Model:
protected static $_belongs_to = array(
'benefactor' => array(
'key_from' => 'from_user_id',
'model_to' => 'Model\\Legacy\\User',
'key_to' => 'id',
),
'user' => array(
'key_from' => 'user_id',
'model_to' => 'Model\\Legacy\\User',
'key_to' => 'id',
),
);
Transaction Controller:
$result = array();
$id = $this->param('id');
if (!empty($id)) {
$transaction = Transaction::find($id, array('related' => array('user', 'benefactor',)));
if (!empty($transaction)) {
// Works -- both benefactor and user are returned
$result['transaction_works'] = $transaction;
// Does not work -- only the benefactor is returned
$result['transaction_doesnt_work'] = $transaction->to_array();
}
}
return $this->response($result);
For any googlers looking for help on this issue, I was seemingly able to return all relationships by simply executing the to_array() method before setting the return/results variable:
$result = array();
$id = $this->param('id');
if (!empty($id)) {
$transaction = Transaction::find($id, array('related' => array('user', 'benefactor',)));
if (!empty($transaction)) {
$transaction->to_array();
$result['transaction_works'] = $transaction;
}
}
return $this->response($result);
Good luck!