PaginatorHelper includes routing prefixes when default routes are disabled - php

Question

I have disabled CakePHP default routes and have added some of my own. I have first create a routing prefix:
Configure::write('Routing.prefixes', array('settings));
And then I have added some routes:
Router::connect('/users', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'index', 'settings' => true));
Router::connect('/users/add', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'add', 'settings' => true));
Router::connect('/users/:id', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'view', 'settings' => true), array('pass' => array('id'), 'id' => '[0-9]+'));
Router::connect('/users/:id/edit', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'edit', 'settings' => true), array('pass' => array('id'), 'id' => '[0-9]+'));
Router::connect('/users/:id/delete', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'delete', 'settings' => true), array('pass' => array('id'), 'id' => '[0-9]+'));
Building links with Html::link method works quite right:
$this->Html->link('Users', '/users')
generates
'/users'
and the action within UsersController is settings_index as expected.
However, PaginatorHelper::sort prepends /settings, like this:
'/settings/users/index/sort:username/direction:asc'
which actually only works if I enable the built-in routes. So I have two questions:
How can I make PaginatorHelper not to prepend '/settings'?
How can I make the PaginatorHelper named parameters work with my custom routes, so that I can have URL like '/users/sort:email/direction:desc'?
Thanks!!

Answer 1

Try using this command before your sort functions:
$this->Paginator->options(array('url' => array_merge(array('settings' => false), $this->passedArgs)));
This essentially sets some defaults for the paginator helper to use before it runs those functions. By setting settings to false, you will tell it not to set that route.

Answer 2

The answer to my problem actually involves two things since default routes are disabled.
First I have to provide named parameters for PaginationHelper:
Router::connectNamed(array(
'sort' => array('action' => 'index', 'controller' => array('users')),
'direction' => array('action' => 'index', 'controller' => array('users')),
));
And then I have to provide routes for controllers and actions using pagination:
Router::connect('/users/index/*', array(
'controller' => 'users',
'action' => 'index',
'settings' => true
));
It is important to say that this route should be at the end of the routes starting with '/users'. Otherwise the asterisk will take precedence. So my final set of routes looks like this:
Router::connectNamed(array(
'sort' => array('action' => 'index', 'controller' => array('users')),
'direction' => array('action' => 'index', 'controller' => array('users')),
));
Router::connect('/users', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'index', 'settings' => true));
Router::connect('/users/add', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'add', 'settings' => true));
Router::connect('/users/:id', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'view', 'settings' => true), array('pass' => array('id'), 'id' => '[0-9]+'));
Router::connect('/users/:id/edit', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'edit', 'settings' => true), array('pass' => array('id'), 'id' => '[0-9]+'));
Router::connect('/users/:id/delete', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'delete', 'settings' => true), array('pass' => array('id'), 'id' => '[0-9]+'));
Router::connect('/users/index/*', array(
'controller' => 'users',
'action' => 'index',
'settings' => true
));