Cakephp pagination custom order - php

Question

I need to set the pagination order of my register based on field ($results[$key]['Movimento']['status']) created in afterFind callback.
afterFind:
public function afterFind($results, $primary = false) {
foreach ($results as $key => $val) {
if(isset($val['Movimento']['data_vencimento'])) {
$data = $val['Movimento']['data_vencimento'];
$dtVc = strtotime($data);
$dtHj = strtotime(date('Y-m-d'));
$dtVencendo = strtotime("+7 day", $dtHj);
if ($dtVc < $dtHj) {
$results[$key]['Movimento']['status'] = 'vencido';
} elseif ($dtVc <= $dtVencendo) {
$results[$key]['Movimento']['status'] = 'vc15dias';
} else {
$results[$key]['Movimento']['status'] = 'aberto';
}
}
if(isset($val['Movimento']['data_pagamento'])) {
$results[$key]['Movimento']['status'] = 'quitado';
}
}
return $results;
Pagination:
$options = array(
...
'order' => array('Movimento.status' => 'ASC')
);
$this->controller->paginate = $options;
$movimentos = $this->controller->paginate('Movimento');
I know this does not work because the field is created after the paginator call.
Can I make it work?

Answer 1

as I understand, you want to sort by data_pagamento and than by data_vencimento (has it the mysql-type date?)
so you don't need your afterFind-function for ordering, simply use:
'order' => array(
'Movimento.data_pagamento DESC',//first all rows with not-empty data_pagamento
'Movimento.data_vencimento DESC',// first all dates in the furthest future
)