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    <p>I've created a library class file in my CakePHP 2.0 app. It's a single PHP class called <code>emailManager</code> Which exists within a folder <code>emailManager</code> within CakePHP's libaray folder. I would love to know what is the simplest way to reference the database from this library class. </p> <p>I would love to be able to do something like <code>$this-&gt;AppModel-&gt;query("SELECT * FROM some_table_in_my_db")</code>, that way I do not have to track DB configurations in separate places, but I'm not sure how to achieve this. </p> <p>Also, I feel it is important to mention that the tables I am working with do not adhere to CakePHP table naming convention. They predate our use of CakePHP and so I cannot change my tables to fit CakePHP's model format. this is why I want generic database access via something like <code>query</code></p> <p>EDIT: I have constructed a temporary solution, but I know a better one is possible. I have a model in my cake app called <code>MySimpleConstuct</code> and then in the library file I include the <code>MySimpleConstruct</code> Model as followed: </p> <pre><code> // import this model $this-&gt;GivenModel = ClassRegistry::init('MySimpleConstruct'); $this-&gt;GivenModel = new MySimpleConstruct(); // Then it is possible to do as followed: $table_data = $this-&gt;GivenModel-&gt;query('SELECT * FROM like_some_table_dude' WHERE 1); </code></pre> <p>This is not ideal so I still searching for a better solution. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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    1. CODuplicate of <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8632208/use-model-from-inside-a-library-cakephp>?
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    2. CO@azBrian I don't think it is, the questions are related, but that was one of the questions I reviewed while preparing this one. Would you have any advice on how to construct a better solution than the one my edit here describes? I'm still very interested in a better answer than the one I'm using.
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