Paginate from within a model in CakePHP

Question

I have a function in my Event model called getEvents - you can pass limit, start and end dates, fields,

Answer 1

$paginate array are similar to the parameters of the Model->find('all') method, that is: conditions, fields, order, limit, page, contain, joins, and recursive.

So you can define your conditions like this :

var $paginate = array(
 'Event' => array (...)
 );

Or you can also set conditions and other keys in the $paginate array inside your action.

 $this->paginate = array(
 'conditions' => array(' ... '),
 'limit' => 10
 );
 $data = $this->paginate('Event');

• http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers.html
• http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/pagination.html

R u using $name = 'Event' in your controller ?

If we wont mention model name in $this->paginate() , it will use model as mentioned in $name otherwise look in var $uses array and in that will get Model name (first one )

for e.g var $uses = array('Model1','Model2'); // $name != mentioned

n you want pagination with respect to Model2 then you have to specify ModelName in paginate array like $this->paginate('Model2') otherwise Model1 will be considered in pagination.