Thanks for the replies but I can't seem to get any solution to work I wonder if it is because I stupidly missed a vital detail...
My posts and categories are a HABTM relationship so I have no category_id in the posts table. I have a posts table, a categories table and a categories_posts table PW On 19 Nov 2012, at 22:22, lowpass <zijn.digi...@gmail.com> wrote: > If your controller already declares a $paginate var it would be better > to add the conditions to it rather than redeclare the entire array. > Also, you can use the Post.category_id in the conditions. > > $this->paginate['conditions'] = array('Post.category_id' => $id); > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Andras Kende <and...@kende.com> wrote: >> >> something like this should work: >> >> public function category($id = null) { >> $this->paginate = array( >> 'conditions' => array( >> 'Category.id' => $id >> ) >> ); >> $posts = $this->Post->Category->paginate('Category'); >> //print_r($posts); // to test here ... >> $this->set(compact('posts')); >> } >> >> But since you paginating categories it may be better to do this from the >> categories controller.. >> >> Andras Kende >> http:///www.kende.com >> >> On Nov 19, 2012, at 12:57 PM, Paul Willis <paul.wil...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> In my PostsController.php I have a function to find all the posts from a >>> category… >>> >>> public function category($id = null) { >>> $this->set('posts', $this->Post->Category->find('first', array( >>> 'conditions' => array( >>> 'Category.id' => $id >>> ) >>> ))); >>> } >>> >>> >>> This works fine and all my posts for the particular category are returned. >>> >>> However I obviously get every post in that category and so now I would like >>> to use paginate but I'm not sure how to add it to the above function. >>> >>> PW >>> >>> -- >>> Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP >>> Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "CakePHP" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP >> Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CakePHP" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP > Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CakePHP" group. > To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. > > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en.