phalcon/cphalcon · error · Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Exceptions\ReferencedFieldsMismatch

Number of referenced fields are not the same in the HasManyt

Error message

Number of referenced fields are not the same in the HasManytoMany relation of model '{entityName}' with Reference Model '{referencedEntity}'

What it means

Error "Number of referenced fields are not the same in the HasManytoMany relation of model '{entityName}' with Reference Model '{referencedEntity}'" thrown in phalcon/cphalcon.

Source

Thrown at phalcon/Mvc/Model/Manager.zep:515

        let entityName = get_class_lower(model),
            intermediateEntity = strtolower(intermediateModel),
            referencedEntity = strtolower(referencedModel),
            keyRelation = entityName . "$" . referencedEntity;

        let hasManyToMany = this->hasManyToMany;

        if !fetch relations, hasManyToMany[keyRelation] {
            let relations = [];
        }

        /**
         * Check if the number of fields are the same from the model to the
         * intermediate model
         */
        if typeof intermediateFields == "array" {
            if unlikely count(fields) != count(intermediateFields) {
                throw new ReferencedFieldsMismatch("HasManytoMany", entityName, referencedEntity);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Check if the number of fields are the same from the intermediate
         * model to the referenced model
         */
        if typeof intermediateReferencedFields == "array" {
            if unlikely count(fields) != count(intermediateFields) {
                throw new ReferencedFieldsMismatch("HasManytoMany", entityName, referencedEntity);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Create a relationship instance
         */
        let relation = new Relation(
            Relation::HAS_MANY_THROUGH,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at phalcon/Mvc/Model/Manager.zep:515 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of phalcon/cphalcon@b7419de9cd (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7ea96f339bc056aa. Report an issue: GitHub.