 <p>Add this into model/User.php Hope it will work</p> <pre><code>public $hasMany = array( 'Phonenumber' =&gt; array( 'className' =&gt; 'Phonenumber', 'foreignKey' =&gt; 'user_id', 'conditions' =&gt; array('Phonenumber.user_id' =&gt; 'User.id'), 'dependent' =&gt; true ) </code></pre>