Filtering component for your tables
CakePHP, Development, General March 1st, 2008
Well, probably you wont believe me, but I wrote whole 3 pages while I realized that it’s so long and probably this is not the right way /and definitely it’s not easy/, so I scratched everything and start over.
It’s been quite long time since I post an article for CakePHP so here it is - shiny brand new post
This post is more a method how to make filtering, rather a rocket science component, because it’s possible to be used even without extra classes /helpers and components/, but I will post a component which will tune the functionality.
So what is all about? Have you ever miss a filtering functionality in your index actions? Well I really miss it
What is the best technique to make filter?
In this example there is a controller Countries which handle the countries in the application. table contain 3 columns, ID, NAME and CODE. Code column is numeric in this example and it’s not following any real naming or country convention.
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