Cakephp Pagination in DropDown? - cakephp

Question

I'm looking for a way, to handle the Pagination-options in a dropdown menu.
I'd like my users to select the sorting order in the same form with my filtering options, so when they hit "Send", pagination-order is already set.orm
e.g. like:
$this->Form->input('paginationorder',array(
'label' => 'order',
'options' => array(
'sort:id/direction:desc' => 'New Items, desc',
'sort:id/direction:asc' => 'New Items,asc',
),
'div' => false
)
);

Answer 1

$(function() {
$('#sort-properties').change(function() { // replace the ID_OF_YOUR_SELECT_BOX with the id to your select box given by Cake
var price = $(this).val();
window.location = baseUrl + 'properties/property_view/'+price;
});
});
<?php
echo $this->Form->input('orderby', array(
'id' => 'sort-properties',
'options' => array(
'sort:sale_rent_price/direction:asc' => 'Sort by Price Low to High',
'sort:sale_rent_price/direction:desc' => 'Sort by Price High to Low',
'sort:created/direction:asc' => 'Sort by Date Old to New',
'sort:created/direction:desc' => 'Sort by Date New to Old'
),
'label' => false,
'empty' => 'Default Order'
));
?>

Answer 2

I would change the values of the options to e.g. fieldname.desc, like :
$this->Form->input('paginationorder',array(
'label' => 'order',
'options' => array(
'id.desc' => 'New Items, desc',
'id.asc' => 'New Items,asc',
),
'div' => false
)
);
Afterwards in the controller put the values to an array via the explode method:
$order = explode(".", $this->request->data['Model']['field']);
then you can use the values in your find condition, like:
$result = $this->Model->find('all', array(
'order' => array( $order[0] => $order[1] )
));
There is propably a more elegant way to make this, but this should work.