CakePHP - Including ACL component gives fatal error: ConnectionManager::getDataSource - Non-existent data source

Question

I'm trying to figure out ACL, and so I'm trying to work through the tutorial in the book (Cake 1.3, by the way).

I've created the database tables (aros,acos,aros_acos). As soon as I try to include the Acl component in my AppController, however, I get a fatal error when I try to access any page:

Fatal Error (256): ConnectionManager::getDataSource - Non-existent data source [CORE/cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php, line 102]

In my AppController:

    public $components = array('Auth','Session','RequestHandler','Acl');

Removing Acl from the components array makes everything work again.

The errors disappear when I comment out some code in my AppController. Here is the code - the lines commented out are the culprits. AppModel::slugList() is a custom function that just does a find query based on a slug. It works fine, at least until Acl is included.

        if ($this->modelClass != 'Country'){
            $this->loadModel('Country');
        }
        if ($this->modelClass != 'Category'){
            $this->loadModel('Category');
        }
        $this->Session->write('Country',1);
        $this->Session->write('City',1);
        $_countryId = $this->Session->read('Country');
        //$_countries = $this->Country->slugList();
        $_cityId = $this->Session->read('City');
        //$_cities = $this->Country->City->slugList();

Edit - also, three notices appear:

Notice (8): Trying to get property of non-object [CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php, line 813]
Notice (8): Trying to get property of non-object [CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php, line 838]
Notice (8): Trying to get property of non-object [CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php, line 841]

Brad Koch Brad Koch · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-02T21:27:49

This error is caused by an inconsistency between your models and/or the database table structure. The key to debugging it is the set of notices. Inserting a var_dump statement on dbo_source.php::line 813 will give you a hint as to where your break is located. Example:

foreach ($model->{$type} as $assoc => $assocData) {
    $linkModel =& $model->{$assoc};
    $external = isset($assocData['external']);

    var_dump($model->name, $assoc);
    if ($model->useDbConfig == $linkModel->useDbConfig) {
        if (true === $this->generateAssociationQuery($model, $linkModel, $type, $assoc, $assocData, $queryData, $external, $null)) {
            $linkedModels[$type . '/' . $assoc] = true;
        }
    }
}

In my case, I had a model defined for a database table I had forgotten to create.

CakePHP - Including ACL component gives fatal error: ConnectionManager::getDataSource - Non-existent data source

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