CakePHP ORM

When to use

• The user needs to declare relationships (hasMany, belongsTo, belongsToMany) or eager-load related records.
• The user wants to compose a select, filter, order, or aggregate query with the CakePHP query builder.
• The user needs to read or write records using CakePHP Table objects and Entity objects.

When NOT to use

• Do not use this skill for Eloquent, Doctrine, or raw PDO; the Table/Entity/query-builder API is CakePHP specific.
• Do not force the ORM query builder onto a bulk DDL or vendor-specific statement that the builder cannot express; use a parameterized raw statement via the connection instead.

Core guidance