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.

Object

Component

PaginatorComponent

Package: Cake\Controller\Component
Link: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/pagination.html
Copyright: Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
Location: Cake/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponent.php

Properties summary

$settings public

array

Pagination settings. These settings control pagination at a general level. You can also define sub arrays for pagination settings for specific models.
$whitelist public

array

A list of parameters users are allowed to set using request parameters. Modifying this list will allow users to have more influence over pagination, be careful with what you permit.

Inherited Properties

_Collection, _componentMap, components

Method Summary

__construct() public

Constructor
_getObject() protected

Get the object pagination will occur on.
checkLimit() public

Check the limit parameter and ensure its within the maxLimit bounds.
getDefaults() public

Get the default settings for a $model. If there are no settings for a specific model, the general settings will be used.
mergeOptions() public

Merges the various options that Pagination uses. Pulls settings together from the following places:
paginate() public

Handles automatic pagination of model records.
validateSort() public

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.

Method Detail

__construct() 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()

_getObject() protected ¶

_getObject( mixed $object )

Get the object pagination will occur on.

Parameters

mixed $object: The object you are looking for.

Returns

mixed
The model object to paginate on.

checkLimit() 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

getDefaults() 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.

mergeOptions() 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.

paginate() public ¶

paginate( mixed $object = null , mixed $scope = array() , array $whitelist = array() )

Handles automatic pagination of model records.

Parameters

mixed $object optional null: Model to paginate (e.g: model instance, or 'Model', or 'Model.InnerModel')
mixed $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.

Returns

array
Model query results

Throws

MissingModelException

validateSort() 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.

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

__get() 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.

beforeRedirect() 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

@link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/components.html#Component::beforeRedirect

beforeRender() public ¶

beforeRender( Controller $controller )

Called after the Controller::beforeRender(), after the view class is loaded, and before the Controller::render()

Parameters

Controller $controller: Controller with components to beforeRender

Link

http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/components.html#Component::beforeRender

initialize() 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::initialize

shutdown() 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

@link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/components.html#Component::shutdown

startup() 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::startup

Methods inherited from Object

_mergeVars() 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 Set::normalize() before merging.

_set() 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.

_stop() 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

dispatchMethod() 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

log() public ¶

log( string $msg , integer $type = LOG_ERROR )

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_ERROR: Error type constant. Defined in app/Config/core.php.

Returns

boolean
Success of log write

requestAction() public ¶

requestAction( mixed $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

mixed $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.

toString() public ¶

toString( )

Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Returns

string
The name of this class

Properties detail

`$settings` ¶

public array

Pagination settings. These settings control pagination at a general level. You can also define sub arrays for pagination settings for specific models.

maxLimit The maximum limit users can choose to view. Defaults to 100
limit The initial number of items per page. Defaults to 20.
page The starting page, defaults to 1.
paramType What type of parameters you want pagination to use?
- named Use named parameters / routed parameters.
- querystring Use query string parameters.

array(
    'page' => 1,
    'limit' => 20,
    'maxLimit' => 100,
    'paramType' => 'named'
)

`$whitelist` ¶

public array

A list of parameters users are allowed to set using request parameters. Modifying this list will allow users to have more influence over pagination, be careful with what you permit.

array(
    'limit', 'sort', 'page', 'direction'
)

Packages

Classes

Interfaces

Class PaginatorComponent

Configuring pagination

Properties summary

Inherited Properties

Method Summary

__construct() public

_getObject() protected

checkLimit() public

getDefaults() public

mergeOptions() public

paginate() public

validateSort() public

Method Detail

__construct() public ¶

Parameters

Overrides

_getObject() protected ¶

Parameters

Returns

checkLimit() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

getDefaults() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

mergeOptions() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

paginate() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

Throws

validateSort() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

Methods inherited from Component

__get() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

beforeRedirect() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

Link

beforeRender() public ¶

Parameters

Link

initialize() public ¶

Parameters

Link

shutdown() public ¶

Parameters

Link

startup() public ¶

Parameters

Link

Methods inherited from Object

_mergeVars() protected ¶

Parameters

_set() protected ¶

Parameters

_stop() protected ¶

Parameters

dispatchMethod() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

log() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

requestAction() public ¶

Passing POST and GET data

Parameters

Returns

toString() public ¶

Returns

Properties detail

$settings ¶

$whitelist ¶

`$settings` ¶

`$whitelist` ¶