CODE EXAMPLE FOR PHP

override belongto parent appmodel cakephp

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// ------------ Override belongto parent appmodel --------------
// -------------------------------------------------------------
public function __construct($id = false, $table = null, $ds = null) {
    $parent = get_parent_class($this);
    $this->_mergeVars(array('belongsTo'), $parent);	// override belongto parent appmodel

    parent::__construct($id, $table, $ds);
}