Question

In my Jobs controller I have this statement under the index() function:

$this->Job->find('all', array('conditions' => array('Job.completed' => '0', 'Job.user_id' => $this->Auth->user('id'))));
$this->set('jobs', $this->paginate());

This should show all incomplete jobs for the currently logged in user under the $jobs variable (when accessed from a view). However, I’m getting all incomplete jobs for every user.

$this->Auth->user('id'); //returns correct user ID for logged in user

Have I missed something?
I’ve just revisited CakePHP after months of absence and I fear I may have to relearn some of the basics.

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

🙂 welcome back to cake

$this->Job->find() will return an array.. it doesn’t modify the pagination. if you do :

$jobs = $this->Job->find('all', array('conditions' => array('Job.completed' => '0', 'Job.user_id' => $this->Auth->user('id'))));
pr($jobs);

you will see that the conditions are correct..

to add conditions to the pagination you must change the pagination property, something like:

 $this->paginate = array(
        'conditions' => array('Job.completed' => '0', 'Job.user_id' => $this->Auth->user('id')),
        'limit' => 10
    );
 $this->set('jobs', $this->paginate());

Hope this helps