CakePHP saveAssociated not saving HasMany Through Model Data -

i'm trying associated models in cakephp 2.3 save properly, i'm having issues. i'm storing posts, , want know links in posts. each of links, i'd store anchor text if available. database set in following diagram.

database diagram http://derekperkins.com/wp-content/uploads/cakephp-database.png

anchor model

class anchor extends appmodel {          public $hasmany = array(             'postsurl' => array(                 'classname' => 'postsurl',                 'foreignkey' => 'anchor_id',                 'dependent' => false             )         );          public function save($data = null, $validate = true, $fieldlist = array()) {             $id = anchor::find('first', array(                 'fields' => array('id'),                 'recursive' => -1,                 'conditions' => array('anchor' => $data['anchor'])             ));             if( $id )                 $data['id'] = $id['anchor']['id'];             return parent::save($data, $validate, $fieldlist);         }     } 

url model

class url extends appmodel {      public $hasmany = array(         'postsurl' => array(             'classname' => 'postsurl',             'foreignkey' => 'url_id',             'dependent' => false         )     );      public function save($data = null, $validate = true, $fieldlist = array()) {         $id = url::find('first', array(             'fields' => array('id'),             'recursive' => -1,             'conditions' => array('url' => $data['url'])         ));         if( $id )             $data['id'] = $id['url']['id'];         return parent::save($data, $validate, $fieldlist);     } } 

postsurl model

class postsurl extends appmodel {      public $belongsto = array(         'post' => array(             'classname' => 'post',             'foreignkey' => 'post_id'         ),         'url' => array(             'classname' => 'url',             'foreignkey' => 'url_id'         'anchor' => array(             'classname' => 'url',             'foreignkey' => 'anchor_id'         )*/     ); } 

post model

class post extends appmodel {      public $hasmany = array(         'postsurl' => array(             'classname' => 'postsurl',             'foreignkey' => 'post_id',             'dependent' => false         )     );       public function save($data = null, $validate = true, $fieldlist = array()) {         $id = post::find('first', array(             'fields' => array('id'),             'recursive' => -1,             'conditions' => array('external_post_id' => $data['external_post_id'])         ));         if( $id )             $data['id'] = $id['post']['id'];          return parent::save($data, $validate, $fieldlist);     } } 

submitting data

i've created form test model. code i'm using save array created form. getting message saying things saved successfully, post saves. nothing entered other 3 tables. i'm using debugkit , no sql calls reference of data.

$this->post->saveassociated($this->request->data, array('deep' => true))  array (     [post] => array         (             [external_post_id] => 12345             [sentiment_score] => 3.3         )      [url] => array         (             [url] => http://test.com         )      [anchor] => array         (             [anchor] => test anchor         ) ) 

i've tried formatting arrays have url , anchor underneath postsurl subarray, didn't work either.

my model::save functions there keep me duplicating data, , work in other models have used in past (though i'm open suggestions on better way this, uses database call each check). i've tried commenting them out, , doesn't affect code. how should structure save properly?

first of model::save functions, example:

public function save($data = null, $validate = true, $fieldlist = array()) {     $id = post::find('first', array(         'fields' => array('id'),         'recursive' => -1,         'conditions' => array('external_post_id' => $data['external_post_id'])     ));     if( $id )         $data['id'] = $id['post']['id'];      pr($data);      return parent::save($data, $validate, $fieldlist); } 

it prints $data in way :

array (     [id] => 3 //for example 3     [post] => array         (             [external_post_id] => 12345             [sentiment_score] => 3.3         )      [url] => array         (             [url] => http://test.com         )      [anchor] => array         (             [anchor] => test anchor         ) ) 

this $data incorrect, correct data is:

  array     (         [post] => array             (                 [id] => 3 //for example 3                 [external_post_id] => 12345                 [sentiment_score] => 3.3             )          [url] => array             (                 [url] => http://test.com             )          [anchor] => array             (                 [anchor] => test anchor             )     ) 

you must change model::save function way:

public function save($data = null, $validate = true, $fieldlist = array()) {     $id = post::find('first', array(         'fields' => array('id'),         'recursive' => -1,         'conditions' => array('external_post_id' => $data['external_post_id'])     ));     if( $id )         $data[$this->name]['id'] = $id['post']['id'];      return parent::save($data, $validate, $fieldlist); } 

second , can't save data single save, should save data way:

$postdata = array (     'post' => array         (             'external_post_id' => 12345             'sentiment_score' => 3.3         ) );  $this->post->save($data);  $posturlid = $this->postsurl->find('first', array( 'conditions' => array(                    'post_id' => $this->post->id                      ), 'fields' => array('id') ));  $urlanchordata = array(     'url' => array         (             'url' => 'http://test.com'         ),     'anchor' => array         (             'anchor' => 'test anchor'         ),     'postsurl' => array(             'id' => $posturlid['postsurl']['id']      ) );  $this->postsurl->saveall('$urlanchordata');