This function fetch a singe row from a table. See bellow format
App::Model(MODEL)->find(CONDITION);
If we use just find() then it return a singe entry of table following default insert sequence. Also we can pass condition of WHERE clause as parameter of the function.
For example:
$list = App::Model('Page')->find("id=1");
$list = App::Model('Page')->find("1 ORDER BY id ASC");
// Return value
/*
Array
(
[id] => 1
[fkey] => 0
[page_title] => About appRain
[meta_keywords] => appRain, CMS,Framework
[meta_description] =>appRain is a combination of CMS and Framework
[name] => aboutus
[title] => About Us
[content] =>appRain is one of the first officially released Open Source Content Management Framework (CMF)
[hook] => sitemenu,quicklinks
[userdefinehook] =>
[richtexteditor] => Yes
[rendertype] => smart_h_link
[contenttype] => Content
)*/
Note: In present appRain version 3.1.0 and 3.1.2 by default this function return all data in a single but we can customize it to fetch value of particular column.
$list = App::Model('Page')->find("1 ORDER BY id ASC",NULL,"id,name"); // Return id and name of each row