CakePHP: afterFind is weird with associations -

so afterfind works fine , dandy when i'm within corresponding model/controller. however, when calling associated model, data sent afterfind callback formatted differently. causes afterfind crap out because can't find same array indexes did when working within original model/controller.

anyone know why, or fix might be?

$primary may not helpful; i've found false when using containablebehaviour beyond first depth:

$this->model->find('first', array(   'contain' => array(     'secondarymodel' => array(       'tertiarymodel',     ),   ), )); 

if you're setting value based on related model, can check presence deal either structure this:

function afterfind($results, $primary) {   if (isset($results['tertiarymodel'])) {     $results['secondary_model_field'] = 'value';   }   else {     foreach ($results &$result) {       if (is_array($result) && isset($result['tertiarymodel'])) {         $result[$this->alias]['secondary_model_field'] = 'value';       }     } unset($result);   }    return $results; } 

alternately may able check location of field on model itself. if field doesn't exist @ top level, need iterate on set of results.