number9,
Slightly, unrelated... instead of the for-loop, you can use
$child_array=Set::extract('/Category/id', $children);
$child_array[]=$name['Category']['id'];
-teh
On Jul 6, 3:56 am, number9 <[email protected]> wrote:
> The answer was actually really simple, I will post here in case it
> helps anybody else.
>
> I was trying to over-complicate things and pass a string to the
> paginate conditions, when an array was needed. (Now I look back, a
> string made no sense at all - but at least I'm learning!)
>
> First step, is to do a find on the data in question (in this case I
> used the variable $name), then use the following method to return the
> children of the current ID:
>
> // Grab parent id and children id:
> $children = $this->Category->children($name['Category']['id']);
>
> Next a new array is created to store the children's ID's:
>
> // Loop through all of the children ID's and populate an array:
> foreach ($children as $child) {
> $child_array[] = $child['Category']['id'];
> }
>
> I then added the current ID to the array:
>
> // Add the current id to the array so current category results are
> also included:
> $child_array[] = $name['Category']['id'];
>
> It was then just a case of adding the array to the paginate
> conditions:
>
> // Now setup paginating with all of the results:
> $this->set('category', $this->paginate('Post', array('Category.id' =>
> $child_array)));
>
> So in conclusion, this is how I managed to paginate the tree behaviour
> to include sub-categories as well. Hopefully this will help somebody
> as I couldn't find much on this subject when searching.
>
> On Jul 3, 5:08 pm, number9 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have this array (condensed considerably so it is easier to read):
>
> > Array
> > (
> > [0] => Array
> > (
> > [Category] => Array
> > (
> > [id] => 1
> > )
>
> > )
>
> > [1] => Array
> > (
> > [Category] => Array
> > (
> > [id] => 2
> > )
>
> > )
> > )
>
> > What I want to do is access the "id" field, so I can use it as a
> > paginate condition. Obviously I can call it like this: $variable['0']
> > ['Category']['id'] but I need to use them all.
>
> > I've tried messing about with for each loops and explode/implode. I
> > managed to generate a string, seperated by a comma, but the variable
> > didn't pass to the conditions. If I echoed the variable and copied and
> > pasted that output into the condition it worked so I really am
> > stumped.
>
> > What I am trying to do is paginate the category page so that
> > subcategories are included in the results as well (I am using tree
> > behaviour).
>
> > This is probably a lack of PHP understanding on my part, but I have
> > always struggled with multi dimensional arrays and would appreciate
> > help!
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