cakePHP pagination and passedArgs

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I am trying to build in a "search" box on a results page in my cakephp app. The page uses the cakePHP pagination component to show and "page" results. This is perfect, but I am having difficulties to get the next part to work. The desired outcome: - A cakephp form (post) with an input box and a couple of select boxes, including a date selector so that I can select between dates. The user should be able to populate these fields and submit - On submit, the user selection should change the cakePHP pagination conditions in the controller - In the view I want the pagination bar to keep record of the user selection, so that when I filter through different pages, it keeps the users search. I understand this can be achieved using $this->passedArgs, hence why I am using post and not get. The code: ``` // Form: <?php echo $this->Form->create('search', array('class' => false)); echo $this->Form->input('searchFor'); echo $this->Form->input('dateFrom'); echo $this->Form->input('dateTo'); echo $thi…

Accepted Answer

usually I proceed like this in the controller:

```
//transform POST into GET
if($this->request->is("post")) {
    $url = array('action'=>'index');
    $filters = array();

if(isset($this->data['searchFor']) && $this->data['searchFor']){
        //maybe clean up user input here??? or urlencode??
        $filters['searchFor'] = $this->data['searchFor'];
    }
    //redirect user to the index page including the selected filters
    $this->redirect(array_merge($url,$filters)); 
}

$conditions = array();
//check filters on passedArgs
if(isset($this->passedArgs["searchFor"])){
    $conditions["Model.field LIKE"] = "%".$this->passedArgs["searchFor"]."%";
}

//paginate as normal
$this->paginate = array(
     'conditions' => $conditions,
     'order' => array('Result.created ASC'),
     'limit' => 20
 );
```

The idea is to transform the POST sent by your form into GET. so you wont have problems with the paginator nor the refresh

Hope this helps

cakePHP pagination and passedArgs

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