Class PaginatorComponent
This component is used to handle automatic model data pagination. The primary way to use this component is to call the paginate() method. There is a convenience wrapper on Controller as well.
Configuring pagination
You configure pagination using the PaginatorComponent::$settings. This allows you to configure the default pagination behavior in general or for a specific model. General settings are used when there are no specific model configuration, or the model you are paginating does not have specific settings.
$this->Paginator->settings = array( 'limit' => 20, 'maxLimit' => 100 );
The above settings will be used to paginate any model. You can configure model specific settings by keying the settings with the model name.
$this->Paginator->settings = array( 'Post' => array( 'limit' => 20, 'maxLimit' => 100 ), 'Comment' => array( ... ) );
This would allow you to have different pagination settings for Comment
and Post
models.
Paginating with custom finders
You can paginate with any find type defined on your model using the findType
option.
$this->Paginator->settings = array( 'Post' => array( 'findType' => 'popular' ) );
Would paginate using the find('popular')
method.
Copyright: Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: MIT License
Link: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/pagination.html
Located at Cake/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponent.php
Method Detail
__constructsource public
__construct( ComponentCollection $collection , array $settings array() )
Constructor
Parameters
-
ComponentCollection
$collection
- A ComponentCollection this component can use to lazy load its components
- array
$settings
optional array() - Array of configuration settings.
Overrides
Component::__construct()
_getObjectsource protected
_getObject( string|Model $object )
Get the object pagination will occur on.
Parameters
- string|
Model
$object
- The object you are looking for.
Returns
mixed
The model object to paginate on.
checkLimitsource public
checkLimit( array $options )
Check the limit parameter and ensure its within the maxLimit bounds.
Parameters
- array
$options
- An array of options with a limit key to be checked.
Returns
array
An array of options for pagination
getDefaultssource public
getDefaults( string $alias )
Get the default settings for a $model. If there are no settings for a specific model, the general settings will be used.
Parameters
- string
$alias
- Model name to get default settings for.
Returns
array
An array of pagination defaults for a model, or the general settings.
mergeOptionssource public
mergeOptions( string $alias )
Merges the various options that Pagination uses. Pulls settings together from the following places:
- General pagination settings
- Model specific settings.
- Request parameters
The result of this method is the aggregate of all the option sets combined together. You can change PaginatorComponent::$whitelist to modify which options/values can be set using request parameters.
Parameters
- string
$alias
- Model alias being paginated, if the general settings has a key with this value that key's settings will be used for pagination instead of the general ones.
Returns
array
Array of merged options.
paginatesource public
paginate( Model|string $object null , string|array $scope array() , array $whitelist array() )
Handles automatic pagination of model records.
Parameters
-
Model
|string$object
optional null - Model to paginate (e.g: model instance, or 'Model', or 'Model.InnerModel')
- string|array
$scope
optional array() - Additional find conditions to use while paginating
- array
$whitelist
optional array() - List of allowed fields for ordering. This allows you to prevent ordering on non-indexed, or undesirable columns. See PaginatorComponent::validateSort() for additional details on how the whitelisting and sort field validation works.
Returns
array
Model query results
Throws
MissingModelException
MissingModelException
NotFoundException
NotFoundException
validateSortsource public
validateSort( Model $object , array $options , array $whitelist array() )
Validate that the desired sorting can be performed on the $object. Only fields or virtualFields can be sorted on. The direction param will also be sanitized. Lastly sort + direction keys will be converted into the model friendly order key.
You can use the whitelist parameter to control which columns/fields are available for sorting. This helps prevent users from ordering large result sets on un-indexed values.
Any columns listed in the sort whitelist will be implicitly trusted. You can use this to sort on synthetic columns, or columns added in custom find operations that may not exist in the schema.
Parameters
-
Model
$object
- The model being paginated.
- array
$options
- The pagination options being used for this request.
- array
$whitelist
optional array() - The list of columns that can be used for sorting. If empty all keys are allowed.
Returns
array
An array of options with sort + direction removed and replaced with order if possible.
Methods inherited from Component
__getsource public
__get( string $name )
Magic method for lazy loading $components.
Parameters
- string
$name
- Name of component to get.
Returns
mixed
A Component object or null.
beforeRedirectsource public
beforeRedirect( Controller $controller , string|array $url , integer $status null , boolean $exit true )
Called before Controller::redirect(). Allows you to replace the URL that will be redirected to with a new URL. The return of this method can either be an array or a string.
If the return is an array and contains a 'url' key. You may also supply the following:
-
status
The status code for the redirect -
exit
Whether or not the redirect should exit.
If your response is a string or an array that does not contain a 'url' key it will be used as the new URL to redirect to.
Parameters
-
Controller
$controller
- Controller with components to beforeRedirect
- string|array
$url
- Either the string or URL array that is being redirected to.
- integer
$status
optional null - The status code of the redirect
- boolean
$exit
optional true - Will the script exit.
Returns
array|null
Either an array or null.
Link
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/components.html#Component::beforeRedirectbeforeRendersource public
beforeRender( Controller $controller )
Called before the Controller::beforeRender(), and before the view class is loaded, and before Controller::render()
Parameters
-
Controller
$controller
- Controller with components to beforeRender
Link
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/components.html#Component::beforeRenderinitializesource public
initialize( Controller $controller )
Called before the Controller::beforeFilter().
Parameters
-
Controller
$controller
- Controller with components to initialize
Link
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/components.html#Component::initializeshutdownsource public
shutdown( Controller $controller )
Called after Controller::render() and before the output is printed to the browser.
Parameters
-
Controller
$controller
- Controller with components to shutdown
Link
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/components.html#Component::shutdownstartupsource public
startup( Controller $controller )
Called after the Controller::beforeFilter() and before the controller action
Parameters
-
Controller
$controller
- Controller with components to startup
Link
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/components.html#Component::startupMethods inherited from Object
_mergeVarssource protected
_mergeVars( array $properties , string $class , boolean $normalize true )
Merges this objects $property with the property in $class' definition. This classes value for the property will be merged on top of $class'
This provides some of the DRY magic CakePHP provides. If you want to shut it off, redefine this method as an empty function.
Parameters
- array
$properties
- The name of the properties to merge.
- string
$class
- The class to merge the property with.
- boolean
$normalize
optional true - Set to true to run the properties through Hash::normalize() before merging.
_setsource protected
_set( array $properties array() )
Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code. Will only set properties that are part of a class declaration.
Parameters
- array
$properties
optional array() - An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.
_stopsource protected
_stop( integer|string $status 0 )
Stop execution of the current script. Wraps exit() making testing easier.
Parameters
- integer|string
$status
optional 0 - see http://php.net/exit for values
dispatchMethodsource public
dispatchMethod( string $method , array $params array() )
Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array
Parameters
- string
$method
- Name of the method to call
- array
$params
optional array() - Parameter list to use when calling $method
Returns
mixed
Returns the result of the method call
logsource public
log( string $msg , integer $type LOG_ERR , null|string|array $scope null )
Convenience method to write a message to CakeLog. See CakeLog::write() for more information on writing to logs.
Parameters
- string
$msg
- Log message
- integer
$type
optional LOG_ERR - Error type constant. Defined in app/Config/core.php.
- null|string|array
$scope
optional null - The scope(s) a log message is being created in. See CakeLog::config() for more information on logging scopes.
Returns
boolean
Success of log write
requestActionsource public
requestAction( string|array $url , array $extra array() )
Calls a controller's method from any location. Can be used to connect controllers together or tie plugins into a main application. requestAction can be used to return rendered views or fetch the return value from controller actions.
Under the hood this method uses Router::reverse() to convert the $url parameter into a string URL. You should use URL formats that are compatible with Router::reverse()
Passing POST and GET data
POST and GET data can be simulated in requestAction. Use $extra['url']
for GET data. The $extra['data']
parameter allows POST data simulation.
Parameters
- string|array
$url
- String or array-based URL. Unlike other URL arrays in CakePHP, this URL will not automatically handle passed and named arguments in the $url parameter.
- array
$extra
optional array() - if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true. Can also be used to submit GET/POST data, and named/passed arguments.
Returns
mixed
Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.
toStringsource public
toString( )
Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.
Returns
string
The name of this class
Properties summary
Properties inherited from Component
$_Collectionsource
protected ComponentCollection
Component collection class used to lazy load components.
$_componentMapsource
protected array
A component lookup table used to lazy load component objects.
array()
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