davidyell/sortable

A small component to implement sortable tables with id's in a Cake view. This allows you to easily attach sorting to any table.

CakePHP-Sortable

A small component to implement sortable tables with id's in a Cake view. This allows you to easily attach sorting to any table., _(*1)

It includes the jQuery StupidTable plugin to facilitate the sorting, and also a component to deal with the saving., _(*2)

Installation

Install this as you would any other plugin using CakePlugin::load('Sortable'); unless you are already using CakePlugin::loadAll()., _(*3)

You can also install the plugin from Packagist using Composer composer require davidyell/sortable, _(*4)

Requirements

This makes use of the NiceAdmin alert-box element., _(*5)

Usage

In your controller you will need to include it in your components array., _(*6)

public $components = array(
    'Sortable.Sortable'
);

Also you'll want to include the field on the view in order to submit the updated ranks to the component., _(*7)

<?php
echo $this->Form->create();
echo $this->Form->input('updated-ranks', array('id' => 'updated-ranks', 'type' => 'hidden'));
echo $this->Form->submit('Save sort order', array('class' => 'btn btn-success', 'div' => false));
echo $this->Html->link('Cancel', array('action' => 'index'), array('class' => 'btn'));
?>

Todo

• Consider refactoring the data management into a behaviour

License

The MIT License (MIT), _(*8)

Copyright (c) 2013 David Yell, _(*9)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:, _(*10)

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software., _(*11)

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE., _(*12)