Pagination For Search Results using Yii - php

Question

I have a search form, which returns a bunch of images. Because their number can be high, I would prefer having the results displayed using pagination. However, I cannot seem to get it to work properly. I have moved everything to the view to keep things as simple as possible.
Here is my code snippet for the search and pagination:
$searchData = $model->search(); // this is the result of the search
$pages = new CPagination($searchData->itemCount);
$searchData->setPagination($pages);
$pages->applyLimit($searchData->criteria);
$pages->pageSize = 2;
Then, I display the results using a "foreach" statement:
foreach($searchData->getData() as $data)
{
// results displayed here
}
Finally, I have the CLinkPager widget:
$this->widget('CLinkPager', array(
'pages' => $pages,
'header' => 'Отиди на страница: ',
'nextPageLabel' => 'Следваща',
'prevPageLabel' => 'Предишна',
)); `
The problem is: there is not a relation between the widget and the displayed results.
For instance, if I get 4 results, the widget correctly shows that there are 2 pages. However, the results are not displayed in two pages, all are shown in one and clicking the CLinkPager links does nothing.
I have done pagination in the past successfully before, but for all the data using
model()->findAll().
How do I state the relation between the pagination widget and the search results... ?
Thank you for your time.

Answer 1

I think you are possibly overcomplicating the process. You could more easily use CListView widget to display your results with pagination.
Your controller may have this;
public function actionIndex(){
$model = new Model;
$this->render('index', array('model' => $model);
}
Your model needs to have a search method that returns an instance of CActiveDataProvider, for example
public function search() {
$criteria = new CDbCriteria;
$criteria->compare('id', $this->id, true);
$criteria->compare('title', $this->title, true);
$criteria->order = 'sortOrder';
return new CActiveDataProvider($this, array(
'criteria' => $criteria,
));
}
Then in your view file you can use this code;
$this->widget('widgets.CListView', array(
'dataProvider' => $model->search(),
'itemView' => '_list',
'template' => '{pager}{items}',
'pager' => array(
'nextPageLabel' => 'Следваща',
'prevPageLabel' => 'Предишна',
)
));

Answer 2

You can extend the CListView by putting this in your extensions folder, and change the page size there.
<?php
Yii::import('zii.widgets.CListView');
class CustomListView extends CListView {
public function init() {
if ($this->dataProvider !== null)
$this->dataProvider->pagination->pageSize = 30;
$this->dataProvider->pagination->nextPageLabel => 'Следваща';
$this->dataProvider->pagination->prevPageLabel => 'Предишна';
parent::init();
}
}
Then, use the CustomListView as follows:
<?php $this->widget('CustomListView', array(
'dataProvider'=>$dataProvider,
'itemView'=>'_view',
)); ?>
You do not need to use CLinkPager widget directly this way.