I'm not sure if I understand you correctly but the sort method of the paginator helper will automatically figure out whether to sort asc or desc for you
<?php echo $paginator->sort( 'id' ) ?> http://api.cakephp.org/1.2/class_paginator_helper.html#47126613be03a2453265670a2771900b On Jul 18, 4:38 pm, Mech7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am wondering if there is anything to sort asc /desc depending on > which state they are.. for example they are sorted ASC, click the > title and they are sorted DESC.. click them again and they turn ASC > again.. right now i use this: > > <?php echo $html->link('Id', '?sort=id&direction=desc'); ?> > > But it is not very flexible as it only sorts one way the opposite of > the default and i prefer to not insert if / else statements in my > views. > > On Jul 17, 11:00 am, Spectacularium <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There are two functions in the paginator helper for this: > > $paginator->sortDir() returns null, 'asc', or 'desc' returns null > > if the results are not sorted > > $paginator->sortKey() The name of the key by which the recordset is > > being sorted, or > > null if the results are not > > currently sorted. > > > On Jul 17, 6:39 am, Copot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > CakePHP 1.2 > > > Basically i just want to display an image (arrow up or down) which > > > must be corelated with the sort field and the sort direction. > > > How can I tell which field is being used and the direction of the > > > sort? > > > Can anyone help me ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
