vendors/find_app_model.php @@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ * http://github.com/mcurry/find * http://www.pseudocoder.com/archives/2008/10/24/cakephp-custom-find-queriescakephp-custom-find-types/ * + * Thanks to Daniel Salazar for the inspiration on pagination support + * http://code621.com/content/10/easy-pagination-using-matt-curry-s-custom-find-types + * * @author Matt Curry <matt@pseudocoder.com> * @license MIT * @@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ A CakePHP plugin that allows for creating custom find types by simply adding a n 1) Download the plugin to /app/plugin/find 2) Include the FindAppModel in your app_model.php -App::import('Model', 'Find.app_model'); +App::import('Vendor', 'Find.find_app_model'); 3) Have your AppModel extend FindAppModel @@ -28,4 +31,14 @@ $this->Model->find('custom'); 2) In your model: function __findCustom($options) { //do find here -} \ No newline at end of file +} + +/* How To Paginate */ +This is pretty simple thanks Daniel Salazar (http://code621.com/content/10/easy-pagination-using-matt-curry-s-custom-find-types) +1) Add "paginate" => true to the $options array will return the $query array, which is suitable for using as your controllers $paginate parameter. + You probably want to merge that with the default controller pagination settings + $this->paginate = am($this->paginate, $this->Post->find('published', array('paginate' => true))); + $this->set('posts', $this->paginate()); + +/* Why This Is A Vendor, Not A Model */ +When doing App::import on a model Cake checks that the AppModel class already exists, otherwise it tries to import. Since the AppModel is depended on the FindAppModel, it won't exist and will try to be included, leading to a infinite loop. \ No newline at end of file README find_app_model.php c73e55c50ab98f1ca0e5a806d6dd45adcc4d38bd Matt Curry matt@pseudocoder.com http://github.com/mcurry/find/commit/4dfd2ad3e0165ec45663d93aa5e1f79d6dd2f475 4dfd2ad3e0165ec45663d93aa5e1f79d6dd2f475 2009-06-05T19:42:28-07:00 2009-06-05T19:42:28-07:00 added pagination support 20af9c5d9e9c5b3872b3494ca27cb6775f3a5bea Matt Curry matt@pseudocoder.com