CakePHP look-up table behaviour. Allows the user the `findOrCreate()` rails method≥

LookupTableBehavior.php

<?php
 
class LookupTableBehavior extends ModelBehavior{
 
  /**
   * Finds and returns the data or inserts it to the database
   * 
   * @param  Model  $model
   * @param  string $value 
   * @param  string $field 
   * 
   * @return array|boolean
   */
  public function findOrCreate(Model $model, $value, $field = 'name'){
    $data = [$field => $value];
 
    $result = $model->find('first', [
      'conditions' => $data 
    ]);
 
    if($result) return $result[$model->alias]['id'];

    $model->create();
    $result = $model->save($data);

    return ($result) ? $result[$model->alias]['id'] : false;
  }
 
 
}