schema.php

<?php
// Possible example of using the CakePHP Schema callback `after`
// to insert content in the database.
// Inspiration: https://github.com/majna/schema
// Copy schema.php to app/Config/Schema
// Run: ./Console/cake schema create

App::uses('ClassRegistry', 'Utility');
class AppSchema extends CakeSchema {

	public function before($event = array()) {
		return true;
	}

	public function after($event = array()) {
		if (isset($event['create'])) {
			$table = $event['create'];
			$data = null;
			switch($table) {
				case 'users':
					$data = array(
						array ('firstname' => 'Joe', 'lastname' => 'Bloggs', 'email' => '[email protected]'),
						array ('firstname' => 'Fred', 'lastname' => 'Bloggs', 'email' => '[email protected]'),
					);
					break;
				default:
			}

			if ($data) {
				ClassRegistry::init($table)->saveAll($data);
			}
		}
	}

	public $users = array(
		'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => NULL, 'length' => 10, 'key' => 'primary', 'collate' => NULL, 'comment' => ''),
		'firstname' => array('type' => 'string', 'null' => true, 'default' => NULL, 'length' => 100, 'collate' => 'utf8_general_ci', 'comment' => '', 'charset' => 'utf8'),
		'lastname' => array('type' => 'string', 'null' => true, 'default' => NULL, 'length' => 100, 'collate' => 'utf8_general_ci', 'comment' => '', 'charset' => 'utf8'),
		'email' => array('type' => 'string', 'null' => false, 'default' => NULL, 'length' => 100, 'key' => 'unique', 'collate' => 'utf8_general_ci', 'comment' => '', 'charset' => 'utf8'),
		'indexes' => array( 'PRIMARY' => array('column' => 'id', 'unique' => 1), 'email' => array('column' => 'email', 'unique' => 1)),
		'tableParameters' => array('charset' => 'utf8', 'collate' => 'utf8_general_ci', 'engine' => 'InnoDB')
	);
}