Recursive Pagination in CakePHP Not Working

I apologize if this question has been asked and answered elsewhere but I have looked and have not been able to find it.

I have three models: Manager HABTM Tenant

I also have a ManagersTenant model to tie the two together.

I'm trying to use pagination to recursively display fields from Manager and Tenant in the ManagersTenant controller. Here is my code:

$this->ManagersTenant->recursive = 2;

$this->set('managersTenants', $this->paginate('ManagersTenant',array(),array('recursive'=>2)));

This displays only the fields in ManagersTenant (id, tenant_id, manager_id) but does not retrieve data from the associated Manager and Tenant models.

I am also doing a debug($this->ManagersTenant->find('all')); which performs the recursion perfectly and displays the right arrays.

What am I doing wrong? Do I need to do anything special with my model(s)?

Any help is much appreciated.

//edit:

What I'm trying to do is display all matches where Tenant_id or Manager_id matches the logged-in user's id. For example, if a logged-in Manager performs the index function on the Tenant model, I would like for all Tenants开发者_C百科 to be displayed for Tenant_id where Manager_id (in the ManagersTenant model) == $this->Auth->User('id'). I was under the impression that in order to do this, I had to utilize a HABTM table. But if it is possible for me to do Manager HABTM Tenant without a joining table, I am all for trying it.

You probably don't need to define the ManagersTenant model. You should define HABTM in the Manager and in the Tenant model, and use those models for your query.

If you really need a ManagersTenant model you should use the join model relationship:

• Manager hasMany ManagersTenant
• Tenant hasMany ManagersTenant
• ManagersTenant belongsTo Manager and Tenant.