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

Number of referenced fields are not the same in the BelongsT

Error message

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

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at phalcon/Mvc/Model/Manager.zep:319

        var entityName, referencedEntity, relation, relations, alias,
            lowerAlias, singleRelations;
        string keyRelation;

        let entityName = get_class_lower(model),
            referencedEntity = strtolower(referencedModel);

        let keyRelation = entityName . "$" . referencedEntity;

        if !fetch relations, this->belongsTo[keyRelation] {
            let relations = [];
        }

        /**
         * Check if the number of fields are the same
         */
        if unlikely typeof referencedFields == "array" {
            if unlikely count(fields) != count(referencedFields) {
                throw new ReferencedFieldsMismatch("BelongsTo", entityName, referencedEntity);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Create a relationship instance
         */
        let relation = new Relation(
            Relation::BELONGS_TO,
            referencedModel,
            fields,
            referencedFields,
            options
        );

        /**
         * Check an alias for the relation
         */
        if fetch alias, options["alias"] {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at phalcon/Mvc/Model/Manager.zep:319 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/5e689213b1a61813. Report an issue: GitHub.