I'm setting up pagination to display a list of images belonging to the user in their account. This is what I have in my controller:
class UsersController extends AppController {
public $paginate = array(
'limit' => 5,
'order' => array(
'Image.uploaded' => 'DESC'
)
);
// ...
public function images() {
$this->set('title_for_layout', 'Your images');
$albums = $this->Album->find('all', array(
'conditions' => array('Album.user_id' => $this->Auth->user('id'))
));
$this->set('albums', $albums);
// Grab the users images
$options['userID'] = $this->Auth->user('id');
$images = $this->paginate('Image');
$this->set('images', $images);
}
// ...
}
It works, but before I implemented this pagination I had a custom method in my Image model to grab the users images. Here it is:
public function getImages($options) {
$params = array('conditions' => array());
// Specific user
if (!empty($options['userID'])) {
array_push($params['conditions'], array('Image.user_id' => $options['userID']));
}
// Specific album
if (!empty($options['albumHash'])) {
array_push($params['conditions'], array('Album.hash' => $options['albumHash']));
}
// Order of images
$params['order'] = 'Image.uploaded DESC';
if (!empty($options['order'])) {
$params['order'] = $options['order'];
}
return $this->find('all', $params);
}
Is there a way I can use this getImages() method instead of the default paginate()? The closest thing I can find in the documentation is "Custom Query Pagination" but I don't want to write my own queries, I just want to use the getImages() method. Hopefully I can do that.
Cheers.
Yes.
//controller
$opts['userID'] = $this->Auth->user('id');
$opts['paginate'] = true;
$paginateOpts = $this->Image->getImages($opts);
$this->paginate = $paginateOpts;
$images = $this->paginate('Image');
//model
if(!empty($opts['paginate'])) {
return $params;
} else {
return $this->find('all', $params);
}
Explanation:
Basically, you just add another parameter (I usually just call it "paginate"), and if it's true in the model, instead of passing back the results of the find, you pass back your dynamically created parameters - which you then use to do the paginate in the controller.
This lets you continue to keep all your model/database logic within the model, and just utilize the controller to do the pagination after the model builds all the complicated parameters based on the options you send it.
Related
I am trying to get category related video blogs by below code but i get nothing in var_dump? I want to get category related videos:
$category = VideoBlogCategoryModel::findFirst(1); // This returns category successfully and there are many video blogs having this category linked
var_dump($category->getVideoBlogs());exit;
VideoBlogModel.php
public function initialize(){
// Run base initialize code
parent::initialize();
// Configure Relation with VideoBlogCategoryModel
$this->belongsTo('category_id', VideoBlogCategoryModel::class, 'id', array(
'alias' => 'videoCategory',
'foreignKey' => true
));
}
public function getVideoCategory(){
return $this->videoCategory;
}
public function setVideoCategory($videoCategory){
$this->videoCategory = $videoCategory;
}
VideoBlogCategoryModel.php
public function initialize(){
// Run base initialize code
parent::initialize();
// Configure relation with VideoBlogModel
$this->hasMany('id', VideoBlogModel::class, 'category_id', array(
'alias' => 'videoBlogs',
'foreignKey' => true,
'cxAction' => static::ACTION_CASCADE_DELETE
));
}
public function getVideoBlogs(){
return $this->videoBlogs;
}
public function setVideoBlogs($videoBlogs){
$this->videoBlogs = $videoBlogs;
}
Let me know if anything else is required, I will share it.
In VideoBlogCategoryModel.php change
public function getVideoBlogs() {
return $this->videoBlogs;
}
to
public function getVideoBlogs() {
return $this->getRelated('videoBlogs');
}
Then try accessing it like:
$category = VideoBlogCategoryModel::findFirst(1);
$videos = $category->getVideoBlogs();
foreach( $videos as $video ) {
// access data here
var_dump($video->anyProperty()); // e.g $video->getId()
}
can you try it
$category = VideoBlogCategoryModel::findFirst(1);
$videos = $category->getVideoBlogs();
var_dump($videos->count());
var_dump($videos->toArray());
exit;
I think use var_dump for a Phalcon Collection Object is not a good idea, you can convert it to Array and Var_dump
Hope it can help you
Or try:
$categories = VideoBlogCategoryModel::findById($id);
I'm new to Laravel and at the moment I have a piece of code in a Controller which without the while loop it works, it retrieves my query from the database.
public function dash($id, Request $request) {
$user = JWTAuth::parseToken()->authenticate();
$postdata = $request->except('token');
$q = DB::select('SELECT * FROM maps WHERE user_id = :id', ['id' => $id]);
if($q->num_rows > 0){
$check = true;
$maps = array();
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($q)) {
$product = array(
'auth' => 1,
'id' => $row['id'],
'url' => $row['url'],
'locationData' => json_decode($row['locationData']),
'userData' => json_decode($row['userData']),
'visible' => $row['visible'],
'thedate' => $row['thedate']
);
array_push($maps, $product);
}
} else {
$check = false;
}
return response()->json($maps);
}
I am trying to loop through the returned data from $q and use json_decode on 2 key/val pairs but I can't even get this done right.
Don't use mysqli to iterate over the results (Laravel doesn't use mysqli). Results coming back from Laravel's query builder are Traversable, so you can simply use a foreach loop:
$q = DB::select('...');
foreach($q as $row) {
// ...
}
Each $row is going to be an object and not an array:
$product = array(
'auth' => 1,
'id' => $row->id,
'url' => $row->url,
'locationData' => json_decode($row->locationData),
'userData' => json_decode($row->userData),
'visible' => $row->visible,
'thedate' => $row->thedate
);
You're not using $postdata in that function so remove it.
Do not use mysqli in Laravel. Use models and/or the DB query functionality built in.
You're passing the wrong thing to mysqli_fetch_array. It's always returning a non-false value and that's why the loop never ends.
Why are you looping over the row data? Just return the query results-- they're already an array. If you want things like 'locationData' and 'userData' to be decoded JSON then use a model with methods to do this stuff for you. Remember, with MVC you should always put anything data related into models.
So a better way to do this is with Laravel models and relationships:
// put this with the rest of your models
// User.php
class User extends Model
{
function maps ()
{
return $this->hasMany ('App\Map');
}
}
// Maps.php
class Map extends Model
{
// you're not using this right now, but in case your view needs to get
// this stuff you can use these functions
function getLocationData ()
{
return json_decode ($this->locationData);
}
function getUserData ()
{
return json_decode ($this->userData);
}
}
// now in your controller:
public function dash ($id, Request $request) {
// $user should now be an instance of the User model
$user = JWTAuth::parseToken()->authenticate();
// don't use raw SQL if at all possible
//$q = DB::select('SELECT * FROM maps WHERE user_id = :id', ['id' => $id]);
// notice that User has a relationship to Maps defined!
// and it's a has-many relationship so maps() returns an array
// of Map models
$maps = $user->maps ();
return response()->json($maps);
}
You can loop over $q using a foreach:
foreach ($q as $row) {
// Do work here
}
See the Laravel docs for more information.
i am developing with cakephp (2.4.7) and i have problems with organizing my controllers and models to use pagination.
So far i put the most logic into the models (thin controller, big model). There i returned the results to the controller where i set the variables to display it on the view.
But now i want to use pagination. This break my concept because i can not use pagination inside the models.
Whats the best solution to solve this problem? I do not want to reorganzie my whole structure, because i need pagination in a lot of different actions and models.
For example:
Controller Users, action friends
public function friends($userid = null, $slug = null) {
$this->layout = 'userprofile';
$this->User->id = $userid;
if (!$this->User->exists()) {
throw new NotFoundException(__('Invalid User'));
}
$this->set('friends', $this->User->getFriendsFrom($userid));
}
User Model, function getFriendsFrom($user_from).. i need this method in different actions.
public function getFriendsFrom($user_from) {
$idToFind = $user_from;
$data = $this->FriendFrom->find('all',
array(
'conditions'=>array(
'OR'=> array(
array('user_to'=> $idToFind),
array('user_from'=> $idToFind)
),
'AND' => array(
'friendship_status' => 1
)
),
'contain' => array('UserFrom.Picture', 'UserTo.Picture')
)
);
$friendslist = array();
foreach ($data as $i) {
if ($i['FriendFrom']['user_from'] == $idToFind){
$friendslist[] = $i['UserTo'];
}
elseif ($i['FriendFrom']['user_to'] == $idToFind){
$friendslist[] = $i['UserFrom'];
}
}
return $friendslist;
}
Whats the best way to design this concept to use pagination?
Thanks
in Controller Users use cakephp Paginator
var $helpers = array('Paginator');
Now you call the following method
function index() {
$result = array(
'recursive' => -1,
'conditions' => array(...),
'contain' => array(...),
'limit' => '2'
);
// you can write the above code in your model
$this->paginate = $result;
$users = $this->paginate('User');
// Re-arrage $users
$this->set(compact('users'));
}
If any problem, let me know.
I am using MySQL as the database connection adapter for all my models. I have a downloads model and controller with an index function that renders either an HTML table or a CSV file depending on the type passed from the request. I also have a CSV media type to handle an array of data, which is working as expected (outputs array keys as headers then array values for each row of data).
I wish to do the same find query but then remove ID fields from the record set if a CSV file is going to be rendered. You'll notice that the download ID is being fetched even though it is not in the fields array, so simply changing the fields array based on the request type will not work.
I have tried the following in the index action of my downloads controller:
<?php
namespace app\controllers;
use app\models\Downloads;
class DownloadsController extends \lithium\action\Controller {
public function index() {
// Dynamic conditions
$conditions = array(...);
$downloads = Downloads::find('all', array(
'fields' => array('user_id', 'Surveys.name'),
'conditions' => $conditions,
'with' => 'Surveys',
'order' => array('created' => 'desc')
));
if ($this->request->params['type'] == 'csv') {
$downloads->each(function ($download) {
// THIS DOES NOT WORK
unset($download->id, $download->user_id);
// I HAVE TRIED THIS HERE AND THE ID FIELDS STILL EXIST
// var_dump($download->data());
// exit;
return $download;
});
return $this->render(array('csv' => $downloads->to('array')));
}
return compact('downloads');
}
}
?>
I thought there was an __unset() magic method on the entity object that would be called when you call the standard PHP unset() function on an entity's field.
It would be great if there was a $recordSet->removeField('field') function, but I can not find one.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Perhaps you should do $downloads = $downloads->to('array');, iterate the array with a for loop, remove those fields from each row, then return that array. If you have to do this same thing for a lot of actions, you could setup a custom Media handler that could alter the data without needing logic for it in your controller.
Take a look at this example in the Lithium Media class unit test.
You can also avoid having much logic for it in your controller at all through the use of a custom handler. This example also auto-generates a header row from the keys in your data.
In config/bootstrap/media.php:
Media::type('csv', 'application/csv', array(
'encode' => function($data, $handler, $response) {
$request = $handler['request'];
$privateKeys = null;
if ($request->privateKeys) {
$privateKeys = array_fill_keys($request->privateKeys, true);
}
// assuming your csv data is the first key in
// the template data and the first row keys names
// can be used as headers
$data = current($data);
$row = (array) current($data);
if ($privateKeys) {
$row = array_diff_key($row, $privateKeys);
}
$headers = array_keys($row);
ob_start();
$out = fopen('php://output', 'w');
fputcsv($out, $headers);
foreach ($data as $record) {
if (!is_array($record)) {
$record = (array) $record;
}
if ($privateKeys) {
$record = array_diff_key($record, $privateKeys);
}
fputcsv($out, $record);
}
fclose($out);
return ob_get_clean();
}
));
Your controller:
<?php
namespace app\controllers;
use app\models\Downloads;
class DownloadsController extends \lithium\action\Controller {
public function index() {
$this->request->privateKeys = array('id', 'user_id');
// Dynamic conditions
$conditions = array(...);
$downloads = Downloads::find('all', array(
'fields' => array('user_id', 'Surveys.name'),
'conditions' => $conditions,
'with' => 'Surveys',
'order' => array('created' => 'desc')
));
return compact('downloads');
}
}
?>
Why not then just dynamically set your $fields array?
public function index() {
$type = $this->request->params['type'];
//Exclude `user_id` if request type is CSV
$fields = $type == 'csv' ? array('Surveys.name') : array('user_id', 'Surveys.name');
$conditions = array(...);
$with = array('Surveys');
$order = array('created' => 'desc');
$downloads = Downloads::find('all', compact('conditions', 'fields', 'with', 'order'));
//Return different render type if CSV
return $type == 'csv' ? $this->render(array('csv' => $downloads->data())) : compact('downloads');
}
You can see in this example how I send the array for your CSV handler, otherwise it's the $downloads RecordSet object that goes to the view.
Our Yii Framework application has the following defined as part of the UserProfileImages model:
public function getProfileImages($param, $user_id) {
if(isset($param['select']) && $param['select']=='all'){
$profile_images = UserProfileImages::model()->findAllByAttributes( array( 'user_id'=>$user_id) );
} else {
$profile_images = UserProfileImages::model()->findByAttributes( array( 'user_id'=>$user_id) );
}
return $profile_images;
}
How would I wire up the above snippet to a widget in my view to return all the images for a given user?
Bonus Question: Which image rotator do you suggest to render the above?
In your view file, add something like this, assuming that your controller specified $user_id:
$this->widget('UserProfileImagesWidget', array(
"userProfileImages" => UserProfileImages::getProfileImages(
array("select" => "all"),
$user_id
),
"user_id" => $user_id
));
Depending on your MVC philosophy, you could also retrieve the userProfileImages data in the controller and pass that data to your view.
Define a widget like this:
class UserProfileImagesWidget extends CWidget {
public $user_id;
public $userProfileImages = array();
public function run() {
$this->render("userProfileImage");
}
}
Finally, in the userProfileImages.php view file, you can do something like this:
if(!empty($this->userProfileImages)) {
// Your display magic
// You can access $this->user_id
}
As a side note: You might want to change the order of your parameters in getProfileImages. If $user_id is the first parameter, you can leave out $params completely in case you don't want to specify any.