Thanks pal. Will get cracking figuring it out. Thanks a million for the pointers
On May 10, 6:24 pm, dreamingmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Or maybe you can avoid regular expressions and make your condition > something like this? > > `tile` LIKE "$letter%" > > which i think will find your letter in the first position with stuff > following it. > > Don > > On May 10, 10:21 am, dreamingmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't have time to work out all the details of the syntax right now, > > however this is how I might approach it: > > > // Loop through the ascii values for capital A-Z; > > // And make output a link for each letter > > // Do this in your view > > for ($i = 65; $i < 90; $i++) { > > // chr() documentation -http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.chr.php > > echo $html->link(chr($i), array('action' => 'letter_find', > > chr($i))) , ' - '; > > // This should output the links like this: A - B - C - D - ... > > > } > > > Now in your controller, the action letter_find() is going to get > > called and the letter of interest will be available in the params > > property (http://book.cakephp.org/view/949/Passing-parameters-to- > > action). If my memory of thins is correct, you should be able to get > > to it like this: > > > $letter = $this->params['pass'][0]; > > > Your can take a look at this useful property for yourself by putting > > this in your action: > > > debug($this->params); die; > > > At any rate, you now have the value the user clicked on and you can > > write your find with a regular expression condition to find the proper > > records. I can't do that off the top of my head and I don't have time > > right now to experiment to get it right. But this, and the earlier > > link to writing conditions should help? > > > Regards, > > Don > > > On May 10, 7:59 am, MeatSandwich <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Hey, thanks for the response. > > > > I'm reading through the link you sent me but I'm a total neub (not all > > > that familiar with php either!) so having a bit of trouble making > > > sense of what exactly I'm meant to be doing. > > > > I'm I meant to create a link for each letter and then do a query each > > > time someone clicks the link? > > > > If you fancied explaining it is a bit more detail, as if you're > > > talking to a moron (you are) I'd really appreciate it! :) > > > > On May 10, 3:04 pm, dreamingmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Cake will accept regular expressions in your find conditions. That > > > > should make your task pretty easy... as easy as writing regular > > > > expressions :-) > > > > >http://book.cakephp.org/view/1017/Retrieving-Your-Data#Complex-Find-C... > > > > > Regards, > > > > Don > > > > > On May 10, 6:57 am, MeatSandwich <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > I have a table which holds the names of loads of charities in the UK. > > > > > > I want to have a page which will allow users to search through these > > > > > charities but there's 1000s of them. I'd like to be able to have the > > > > > alphabet written out A, B, C and so on with each letter a link to all > > > > > the charities beginning with that letter. > > > > > > Whats the best way to go about doing that using cakephp? -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
