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    <p>@John Galt, I suppose it's not an exact duplicate but it is very similar and the resolution does appear to apply to your situation very directly. The other technique you could consider using would be to instantiate the Library in the controller and than give it a reference of the model.</p> <pre><code>class TestController extends AppController { function index(){ App::uses('TheLibrary', 'Lib'); $obj = new TheLibrary(); $obj-&gt;GivenModel = &amp;$this-&gt;GivenModel; } } </code></pre> <p>-EDIT- And then within the library you've written do something like this.</p> <pre><code>class TheLibrary { var $GivenModel = null; function some_query(){ return $this-&gt;GivenModel-&gt;query('SELECT * FROM like_some_table_dude WHERE 1'); } } </code></pre> <p>The first code snippet is of the Controller instantiating your library and then giving the library a reference to the Model as the property GivenModel. The "&amp;" symbol makes the assignment a reference (see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/999333/how-does-the-symbol-in-php-affect-the-outcome">How does the &#39;&amp;&#39; symbol in PHP affect the outcome?</a>). The second code snippet is of a sample of how the library would use that property.</p> <p>I do understand that you are trying to use a model from the library and that is what the solution you have in your edit and my proposed solution both do. However I will note again that this is not proper MVC convention and you should reconsider how you are using Libraries. </p>
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    1. COAh okay I now think I see where the confusion is coming from. I did not explain myself well enough. I'm looking for a way to reference the database of the main app from within the library. I think I have given the impression that I am looking for a way to reference the library from a model in the app which is not what I'm having trouble working on. Thank you though. I'll be checking out your `&` notation later.
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    2. COHmmm the edit to your question is interesting. I will review this after the long work day. Cheers dude.
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