Lets say I have the following tables: categories, posts and categories_posts. Category acts as a Tree. There is a habtm between Category and Post.
What I want to do from the Posts Controller is find a specific Post and list the Categories it belongs to in a threaded/nested format.
temporary solution: (my coding is probably rather poor - my apologies)
public function view($id=null) {
$this->Post->id = $id;
if($this->Post->exists()) {
$data = $this->Post->read();
$data['Category'] = $this->_thread($data);
$this->set(compact('data'));
}
}
public function _thread($data, $parent_id=null) {
$out = array();
$parents = Set::extract("/Category[parent_id={$parent_id}]", $data);
foreach($parents as $k => $item) {
$out[$k] = $item;
$out[$k]['Category']['children'] = Set::extract("/Category[parent_id={$item['Category']['id']}]", $data);
foreach($out[$k]['Category']['children'] as $key => $child) {
$out[$k]['Category']['children'][$key]['Category']['children'] = $this->_thread($data, $child['Category']['id']);
}
}
return $out;
}
This may help you out :
$data = $this->Post->find('threaded', array(
'conditions' => array('id' => 1)
));
'conditions' array is for example,you can pass your required conditions if any.
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This is the controller file where the all the search results are coming from the foreach loop , I tried paginating it, but can't figure out how to do it.
<?php
class SerController extends AppController
{
public function initialize()
{
parent::initialize();
$this->loadComponent('Paginator');
}
public function index()
{
$check_string=$this->request->data('check');
$check_break=explode(" ",$check_string);
$s1=TableRegistry::get('ser_tab');
foreach($check_break as $check)
{
$s11=$s1->find('all')->where(['OR' =>['text LIKE' => '%'.$check.'%','name LIKE' => '%'.$check.'%']]);
$this->set(array('data' => $s11));
}
$this->render('index');
}
}
Your query will take too long execution time. You can do it simply.
Update your index() function like as below
Example [When data from URL]
public function index($data='Default text here'){ /*When get Data from the URL*/
$data = explode(' ', $data);
$conditions = array(); /*All OR conditions will store here*/
foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
$conditions['or'][] = array('text LIKE' => "%$value%");
$conditions['or'][] = array('name LIKE' => "%$value%");
}
$this->paginate = [
'limit' => 25, #Set the limit of post
'conditions'=>[
$conditions /*OR conditions array*/
]
];
$data = $this->paginate();
var_dump($conditions,$data); /*Debug OR Condition array and Query data*/
$this->set(compact('data')); /*Set the Posts to a variable*/
}
Example [When data from POST]
public function index(){
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
$data = $this->request->data('check');
# YOUR CODE HERE
}
}
CakePHP 3.x pagination documentation is HERE
I see that this paginate can't sort two columns at the same time ticket is still open, which leads me to believe that what I'm trying to do is not possible without a workaround. So I guess what I'm looking for is a workaround.
I'm trying to do what many message boards do: have a "sticky" function. I'd like to make it so that no matter which table header link the user clicks on to sort, my model's "sticky" field is always the first thing sorted, followed by whatever column the user clicked on. I know that you can set $this->paginate['Model']['order'] to whatever you want, so you could hack it to put the "sticky" field first and the user's chosen column second. The problem with this method is that pagination doesn't behave properly after you do it. The table header links don't work right and switching pages doesn't work right either. Is there some other workaround?
User ten1 on the CakePHP IRC channel helped me find the solution. I told him that if he posted the answer here then I would mark it as the correct one, but he said I should do it myself since he doesn't have a Stack Overflow account yet.
The trick is to inject the "sticky" field into the query's "order" setting using the model's "beforeFind" callback method, like this:
public function beforeFind($queryData) {
$sticky = array('Model.sticky' => 'DESC');
if (is_array($queryData['order'][0])) {
$queryData['order'][0] = $sticky + $queryData['order'][0];
}
else {
$queryData['order'][0] = $sticky;
}
return $queryData;
}
What you can do is code it in the action. Just create the query you want when some parameters exist on the URL. (parameters has to be sent by GET)
For example:
public function posts(){
$optional= array();
if(!empty($this->params->query['status'])){
if(strlower($this->params->query['status']=='des')){
$optional= array('Post.status DESC');
}
else if(strlower($this->params->query['status']=='asc')){
$optional= array('Post.status ASC');
}
}
if(!empty($this->params->query['department'])){
//same...
}
//order first by the sticky field and then by the optional parameters.
$order = array('Post.stickyField DESC') + $optional;
$this->paginate = array(
'conditions' => $conditions,
'order' => $order,
'paramType' => 'querystring',
);
$this->set('posts', $this->paginate('Post'));
}
I have used something similar to filter some data using $conditions instead of $order and it works well.
You can use custom field for sorting and update pagination component.
Controller code
$order['Document.DATE'] = 'asc';
$this->paginate = array(
"conditions"=> $conditions ,
"order" => $order ,
"limit" => 10,
**"sortcustom" => array('field' =>'Document.DATE' , 'direction' =>'desc'),**
);
Changes in pagination component.
public function validateSort($object, $options, $whitelist = array()) {
if (isset($options['sort'])) {
$direction = null;
if (isset($options['direction'])) {
$direction = strtolower($options['direction']);
}
if ($direction != 'asc' && $direction != 'desc') {
$direction = 'asc';
}
$options['order'] = array($options['sort'] => $direction);
}
if (!empty($whitelist) && isset($options['order']) && is_array($options['order'])) {
$field = key($options['order']);
if (!in_array($field, $whitelist)) {
$options['order'] = null;
}
}
if (!empty($options['order']) && is_array($options['order'])) {
$order = array();
foreach ($options['order'] as $key => $value) {
$field = $key;
$alias = $object->alias;
if (strpos($key, '.') !== false) {
list($alias, $field) = explode('.', $key);
}
if ($object->hasField($field)) {
$order[$alias . '.' . $field] = $value;
} elseif ($object->hasField($key, true)) {
$order[$field] = $value;
} elseif (isset($object->{$alias}) && $object->{$alias}->hasField($field, true)) {
$order[$alias . '.' . $field] = $value;
}
}
**if(count($options['sortcustom']) > 0 )
{
$order[$options['sortcustom']['field']] = $options['sortcustom']['direction'];
}**
$options['order'] = $order;
}
return $options;
}
Easy insert 'paramType' => 'querystring',
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$this->paginate = array(
'conditions' => $conditions,
'order' => array(
'Post.name' => 'ASC',
'Post.created' => 'DESC',
),
'paramType' => 'querystring',
);
$this->set('posts', $this->paginate('Post'));
I have the following situation where I want to only display the search results when user search for something. Currrently, as I access my search page, all the search results is being displayed and if user search for a particular thing, it displays that accordingly. The following is the code in my search controller. I added a pagination for it to paginate.
function simple_search() {
$this->User->recursive = 1;
$this->Passion->recursive = 1;
$this->User->unBindModel(array('hasMany' => array('Topic','Post')),false);
$conditions = array();
$options;
$or_conditions = array();
$final_conditions = array();
$search_fields = array('User.firstName', 'User.lastName', 'User.email', 'User.displayName'); //fields to search 'Video.tags','Video.desc'
$this->layout = "mainLayout";
$value='';
if(!empty($this->params["url"]["value"])){
$value = $this->params["url"]["value"];
}
$searches = explode(" ", $value);
foreach ($search_fields as $f) {
array_push($conditions, array("$f Like" => "$value%"));
for ($i = 0; $i < count($searches); $i++) {
if ($searches[$i] != "") {
array_push($conditions, array("$f Like" => "$searches[$i]%"));
}
}
array_push($or_conditions, array('OR' => $conditions));
$conditions = array();
}
$final_conditions = array('OR' => $or_conditions);
$users = $this->User->find('all', $final_conditions);
$this->paginate = array(
'conditions' => $final_conditions,
'limit' => 10
);
$users = $this->paginate('User');
$this->set('search_fields', $users);
}
remove that find('all'), you overwrite $users right after that.
if(empty($this->params["url"]["value"]))$users = array();
else $users = $this->paginate('User');
I have the following situation where I want to only display the search results when user search for something. Currrently, as I access my search page, all the search results is being displayed and if user search for a particular thing, it displays that accordingly. The following is the code in my search controller. I added a pagination for it to paginate.
function simple_search() {
$this->User->recursive = 1;
$this->Passion->recursive = 1;
$this->User->unBindModel(array('hasMany' => array('Topic','Post')),false);
$conditions = array();
$options;
$or_conditions = array();
$final_conditions = array();
$search_fields = array('User.firstName', 'User.lastName', 'User.email', 'User.displayName'); //fields to search 'Video.tags','Video.desc'
$this->layout = "mainLayout";
$value='';
if(!empty($this->params["url"]["value"])){
$value = $this->params["url"]["value"];
}
$searches = explode(" ", $value);
foreach ($search_fields as $f) {
array_push($conditions, array("$f Like" => "$value%"));
for ($i = 0; $i < count($searches); $i++) {
if ($searches[$i] != "") {
array_push($conditions, array("$f Like" => "$searches[$i]%"));
}
}
array_push($or_conditions, array('OR' => $conditions));
$conditions = array();
}
$final_conditions = array('OR' => $or_conditions);
$users = $this->User->find('all', $final_conditions);
$this->paginate = array(
'conditions' => $final_conditions,
'limit' => 10
);
$users = $this->paginate('User');
$this->set('search_fields', $users);
}
Why are you doing the find('all')? A few lines later paginate() overrides the result.
empty($this->params['url']['value'] check this and set your results to the view only in the case its not empty.
Follow the coding standard for CakePHP and use camelCased variable names instead of underscores. http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/contributing/cakephp-coding-conventions.html
Also you might want to take a look at this.
https://github.com/CakeDC/search
And at this (showing a custum find using search plugin)
https://github.com/CakeDC/users/blob/master/controllers/users_controller.php#L316
https://github.com/CakeDC/users/blob/master/models/user.php#L557
I have and existing application in CakePHP with a database.
The task is to apply translate behavior to its models. The problem is that i18n.php script just creates _i18n table but doesn't copy existing data to this table.
Don't you know any script that could do that?
Thanks for any help.
I extended the answers from Aziz and MarcoB and created a even more generic CakeShell out of it.
In the method _execute() simply set something like:
$this->_regenerateI18n('BlogPosts', array('title'), 'deu');
And all entries for the Model BlogPosts for the column title in the language deu will be create in the i18n table.
This is CakePHP 2.4 compatible!
<?php
class SetuptranslationsShell extends AppShell {
public function main() {
$selection = $this->in('Start to create translated entries?', array('y', 'n', 'q'), 'y');
if (strtolower($selection) === 'y') {
$this->out('Creating entries in i18n table...');
$this->_execute();
}
}
function _execute() {
$this->_regenerateI18n('BlogPosts', array('title'), 'deu');
$this->_regenerateI18n('BlogTags', array('name'), 'deu');
}
/**
* See http://stackoverflow.com/q/2024407/22470
*
*/
function _regenerateI18n($Model, $fields = array(), $targetLocale) {
$this->out('Create entries for "'.$Model.'":');
if (!isset($this->$Model)) {
$this->{$Model} = ClassRegistry::init($Model);
}
$this->{$Model}->Behaviors->disable('Translate');
$out = $this->{$Model}->find('all', array(
'recursive' => -1,
'order' => $this->{$Model}->primaryKey,
'fields' => array_merge(array($this->{$Model}->primaryKey), $fields))
);
$this->I18nModel = ClassRegistry::init('I18nModel');
$t = 0;
foreach ($out as $v) {
foreach ($fields as $field) {
$data = array(
'locale' => $targetLocale,
'model' => $this->{$Model}->name,
'foreign_key' => $v[$Model][$this->{$Model}->primaryKey],
'field' => $field,
'content' => $v[$Model][$field],
);
$check_data = $data;
unset($check_data['content']);
if (!$this->I18nModel->find('first', array('conditions' => $check_data))) {
if ($this->I18nModel->create($data) AND $this->I18nModel->save($data)) {
echo '.';
$t++;
}
}
}
}
$this->out($t." entries written");
}
}
As far as I know, there's no way to do this. Moreover, because of the way the i18n table is configured to work, I think there's a better solution. A while back, I wrote a patch for the TranslateBehavior that will keep you from having to copy existing data into the i18n table (that felt insanely redundant to me and was a huge barrier to implementing i18n). If no record for that model exists in the i18n table, it will simply read the model record itself as a fallback.
Unfortunately, the Cake team appears to have moved everything to new systems, so I can no longer find either the ticket or the patch that I submitted. My patched copy of the TranslateBehavior is in my Codaset repository at http://codaset.com/robwilkerson/scratchpad/source/master/blob/cakephp/behaviors/translatable.php.
As you might expect, all of the usual warnings apply. The patched file was developed for 1.2.x and works for my needs, by YMMV.
try to use it
function regenerate()
{
$this->Article->Behaviors->disable('Translate');
$out = $this->Article->find('all', array('recursive'=>-1, 'order'=>'id'));
$t = $b = 0;
foreach($out as $v){
$title['locale'] = 'aze';
$title['model'] = 'Article';
$title['foreign_key'] = $v['Article']['id'];
$title['field'] = 'title';
$title['content'] = $v['Article']['title'];
if($this->Article->I18n->create($title) && $this->Article->I18n->save($title)){
$t++;
}
$body['locale'] = 'aze';
$body['model'] = 'Article';
$body['foreign_key'] = $v['Article']['id'];
$body['field'] = 'body';
$body['content'] = $v['Article']['body'];
if($this->Article->I18n->create($body) && $this->Article->I18n->save($body)){
$b++;
}
}
}
Thanks Aziz. I modified your code to use it within the cakeshell
(CakePHP 2.3.8)
function execute() {
$this->out('CORE_PATH: '. CORE_PATH. "\n");
$this->out('CAKEPHP_SHELL: '. CAKEPHP_SHELL. "\n");
$this->out('Migrate BlogPosts');
$this->regenerateI18n('BlogPost', 'title', 'BlogPostI18n');
}
/**
* #param string $Model
* #param string $Field
* #param string $ModelI18n
*/
function regenerateI18n($Model = null, $Field = null, $ModelI18n = null)
{
if(!isset($this->$Model))
$this->$Model = ClassRegistry::init($Model);
if(!isset($this->$ModelI18n))
$this->$ModelI18n = ClassRegistry::init($ModelI18n);
$this->$Model->Behaviors->disable('Translate');
$out = $this->$Model->find('all', array('recursive'=>-1, 'order'=>'id'));
$t = 0;
foreach($out as $v){
$data = array(
'locale' => 'deu',
'model' => $this->$Model->name,
'foreign_key' => $v[$Model]['id'],
'field' => $Field,
'content' => $v[$Model][$Field],
);
if($this->$ModelI18n->create($data) && $this->$ModelI18n->save($data)){
echo '.';
$t++;
}
}
$this->out($t." Entries written");
}