Paginating, Sorting and Displaying Data with CakePHP

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `firstname` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
  `lastname` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
  `email` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
  `username` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
  `password` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
)

<?php
class User extends AppModel{
    var $name = ‘User’;
?>

    //for this example, we display two records per page
    $this->paginate = array(
        ‘limit’ => 2
    );
     
    //we will set it to users variable for the view
    $this->set(‘users’, $this->paginate(‘User’));
}

<?php
echo “<div class=’page-title’>Users</div>”; //title
//this ‘add new user’ button will be used for the next tutorial
echo “<div style=’float:right;’>”;
    $url = “add/”;
    echo $form->button(‘Add New User’, array(‘onclick’ => “location.href=’”.$this->Html->url($url).“‘”));
echo “</div>”;
echo “<div style=’clear:both;’></div>”;
 
if( sizeOf( $users ) > 0 ){ //check if there are user records returned
?>
<table>
    <tr>
        <!–
            Here on the table heading (<th></th>) is where our SORTING occurs,
            User has to click heading label to sort data in ascending or descending order,
            $paginator->sort(‘Firstname’, ‘firstname’); is a CakePHP function that builds the link for sorting
            the first parameter ‘Firstname’ will be the label 
            and the second parameter ‘firstname’ is actually the database field
        –>
        <th style=’text-align: left;’><?php echo $paginator->sort(‘Firstname’, ‘firstname’); ?></th>
        <th><?php echo $paginator->sort(‘Lastname’, ‘lastname’); ?></th>
        <th><?php echo $paginator->sort(‘Email’, ‘email’); ?></th>
        <th><?php echo $paginator->sort(‘Username’, ‘username’); ?></th>
        <th>Action</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <?php
        foreach( $users as $user ){ //we wil loop through the records to DISPLAY DATA
            echo “<tr>”;
                echo “<td>”;
                    //$user is our foreach variable
                    //['User'] is from our model/alias
                    //['firstname'] is the database field
                    echo “{$user['User']['firstname']}“;
                echo “</td>”;
                echo “<td>{$user['User']['lastname']}</td>”;
                echo “<td>{$user['User']['email']}</td>”;
                echo “<td>{$user['User']['username']}</td>”;
                echo “<td style=’text-align: center;’>”;
                    //’Edit’ and ‘Delete’ link here will be used for our next tutorials
                    echo $html->link(‘Edit’, array(‘action’=>‘edit/’.$user['User']['id']), null, null);
                    echo ” / “;
                    echo $html->link(‘Delete’, array(‘action’=>‘delete/’.$user['User']['id']), null, ‘Are you sure you want to delete this record?’);
                echo “</td>”;
            echo “</tr>”;
        }
    ?>
    </tr>
</table>
 
<?php
    //here is our PAGINATION part
    echo “<div class=’paging’>”;
 
    //for the first page link
    //the parameter ‘First’ is the label, same with other pagination links
    echo $paginator->first(‘First’);
    echo ” “;
     
    //if there are previous records, prev link will be displayed
    if($paginator->hasPrev()){
        echo $paginator->prev(‘<<’);
    }
     
    echo ” “;
    //modulus => 2 specifies how many page numbers will be displayed
    echo $paginator->numbers(array(‘modulus’ => 2)); 
    echo ” “;
     
    //there are next records, next link will be displayed
    if($paginator->hasNext()){ 
        echo $paginator->next(‘>>’);
    }
     
    echo ” “;
    //for the last page link
    echo $paginator->last(‘Last’);
     
    echo “</div>”;
     
}else{ //if there are no records found, display this
    echo “<div class=’no-records-found’>No Users found.</div>”;
}
 
?>