setTableName('menu'); // add this your table definition to set the table as NestedSet tree implementation $options = array(); $this->actsAsTree('NestedSet', $options); // you do not need to add any columns specific to the nested set implementation, these are added for you $this->hasColumn("name","string",30); } // this __toString() function is used to get the name for the path, see node::getPath() public function __toString() { return $this->get('name'); } } ?>