Stack Overflow Question: CakePHP Containable with HABTM

// See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13826474/cakephp-containable-with-habtm

Controller::loadModel('Student');
Controller::loadModel('Course');
Controller::loadModel('CoursesStudent');

$this->Student->bindModel(
    array('hasAndBelongsToMany' => array(
        'Course'
    ))
);

$this->Course->bindModel(
    array('belongsTo' => array(
        'Teacher'
    )),
    array('hasAndBelongsToMany' => array(
        'Student'
    ))
);

$this->CoursesStudent->bindModel(
    array('belongsTo' => array(
        'Course',
        'Student'
    ))
);

$this->request->data = $this->Student->CoursesStudent->find('all', array(
    'recursive' => 2,
    'conditions' => array(
        'CoursesStudent.is_approved' => null,
        'Student.grade' => 9
    ),
    'contain' => array(
        'CoursesStudent',
        'Course' => array(
            'Teacher' => array(
                'fields' => array(
                    'Teacher.id',
                    'Teacher.first_name',
                    'Teacher.last_name'
                )
            )
        ),
        'Student'
    )
));

pr($this->request->data);
exit;