Question

I have a search form where User can enter data to be searched and after that he has the possibility to use pagination.

For pagination I have to send again and again the searched paramters. What will be the best way to handle this situation.

Answer 1

You can send that searched parameter through url as named parameter. For example:

http://127.0.0.1/cakeproj/controllers/action/q:searchedItem/...

and you’ll get this named parameter in controller’s action like:

$this->params->named;

or

$this->params['named'];

and it will give you an array like:

[named] => Array
(
    [q] => 'searchedItem',
    ....
)

To get the searched item directly:

$this->params->named['q'];

or

$this->params['named']['q'];