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 <[email protected]>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 > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others > with their CakePHP related questions. > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CakePHP" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<cake-php%[email protected]>For > more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" 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
