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CakePHP: Extend PaginatorHelper to indicate sort field and direction

Posted Thu, 05/28/2009 - 21:07 by Richard

Here's a quick piece of code that extends the default CakePHP PaginatorHelper
to add css classes to the sort column links to indicate which field is being sorted by,
and which direction:

/app/views/helpers/ex_paginator.php:

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CakePHP: Smarter links

Posted Wed, 04/08/2009 - 12:16 by Richard

The Problem

There's a couple of things I wish were present in CakePHP's excellent HtmlHelper.

  1. Links should automatically add a class to themselves when they are a) pointing to a resource in the same controller and b) pointing to themselves.
  2. Able to show/hide themselves.

Why is #1 important? Imagine a primary navigation that runs across the top of a page:

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