session. Also not sure if this is the best way but it works.
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From: DigitalDude [mailto:e.blumstengel@googlemail.com]
Sent: November-28-09 3:40 PM
To: CakePHP
Subject: Re: How to paginate with user-selected filter-options?
Hey,
ok I found a way to do this, but I'm not sure if that's the right approach.
What I'm doing now, is store the incoming filter-options in the Session.
When a user comes into the controller for the first time, I check if the
session-keys are set, and if not, I apply some standard options. When the
user sends the form, I write the selections into the session, and then set
my variables with these session values. This works perfectly, even when I'm
on page 2 and use the column-sorting everything is displayed correctly.
I don't know if this is absolutely correct, but it works and I'll further
develop this if anyone can tell me a better way to do this...
Regards,
DD
On 28 Nov., 19:42, DigitalDude <e.blumsten...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I tried, but it won't work. The variables für limit, order and sortby
> are overwritten after I change the page of the pagination, because the
> date from the forms no longer exist and are overwritten by my standard
> values.
>
> The problem is that when I use my filter-form and send the form, the
> variables are set. But when the paginator-link is clickes, the
> controller is called again, variables are set and the RequestHandler
> part will be ignored because in this case the data from the forms is
> not given to the controller.
>
> So I guess I need a way to
>
> a) store the given form data (filter options) persistent in my app so
> it won't be overwritten after a page-change
>
> or
>
> b) manipulate the links of the form helper after sending the form so
> it will have the desired options I selected in my form...
>
> There has to be someone who already did this in an app, right....?
>
> On 28 Nov., 19:33, Dave <davidcr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Rather then using request handler to check for post, you can try
> > just checking if the value exists, ie
>
> > if(!empty($this->data['Professor']['limit'])) $limit =
> > $this->data['Professor']['limit'];
>
> > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 1:16 PM, DigitalDude
> > <e.blumsten...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>
> > > Hey,
>
> > > I know how the paginator works and how I can define my conditions
> > > to filter as I like, but I was wondering how to add some more
> > > usability to this so let's say the user should set the filters "on
> > > the fly" with some drop downs...
>
> > > So I made some dropdowns with some options such as order =>
> > > ASC/DESC, limit => 5,10,20,50 and oderby =>
lastname/firstname/email...
>
> > > That's really easy I think, so I created this as a form on top of
> > > the index-table, and checked in my controller wether the form is
> > > sent or not.
>
> > > The options I selected with my dropdowns are set and when I see
> > > the pagination after I hit "Sent!" the table is sorted as I selected
it.
>
> > > But now comes the problem:
> > > After I hit "Page 2", my filters are overwritten by the default
> > > values of my controller. So I think I'm doing something wrong, and
> > > I need a simple example of how I can achieve the desired
functionality.
>
> > > Could please someone give me a hint how I can do it? When I hit
> > > the page-change link, my selected values are overwritten beause
> > > the RequestHandler does not kick in.
>
> > > Here's my controller-code:
>
> > > public function myProfs() {
> > > $limit = 10;
> > > $order = 'ASC';
> > > $sortby = 'lastname';
> > > if($this->RequestHandler->IsPost()) {
> > > $limit = $this->data['Professor']['limit'];
> > > $order = $this->data['Professor']['order'];
> > > $sortby = $this->data['Professor']['sortby'];
> > > }
> > > $this->paginate['Professor'] = array(
> > > 'contain' => false,
> > > 'conditions' => array(
> > > 'Professor.deleted' => 0,
> > > 'Professor.user_id' => $this->Auth->User('id')
> > > ),
> > > 'limit' => $limit,
> > > 'order' => array(
> > > 'Professor.'.$sortby => $order
> > > )
> > > );
> > > $limits = $this->Professor->getItemCount();
> > > $orders = $this->Professor->order();
> > > $sortbies = $this->Professor->sortBy();
> > > $professors = $this->paginate('Professor');
> > > $this->set(compact('professors', 'limits', 'orders',
> > > 'sortbies')); }
>
> > > Regards,
>
> > > DD
>
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