Hi all,

I'm pretty new to Silverstripe and PHP in general, so I'm learning by tutorials. In the well known website ssbits.com I found a very useful tutorial called 'DataObject as pages' (http://www.ssbits.com/tutorials/2010/dataobjects-as-pages-part-1-keeping-it-simple/). The tutorial is great, it shows how to create a list of staff members without using pages and using the DataObjectManager in the CMS.

I used the tutorial to implement a list of events, but now I'm stuck finding a way to paginate the list! Anyone could help me please?
here's my controller:

class GigPage_Controller extends Page_Controller
{
    //Allow our 'show' function as a URL action
    static $allowed_actions = array('show');
     
    //Get the current gig detail from the URL, if any
    public function getGigDetail()
    {
        $Params = $this->getURLParams();
         
        if(is_numeric($Params['ID']) && $GigDetail = DataObject::get_by_id('GigDetail', (int)$Params['ID']))
        {      
            return $GigDetail;
        }
    }
     
    //Displays the gig detail detail page, using GigPage_show.ss template
    function show()
    {      
        if($GigDetail = $this->getGigDetail())
        {
            $Data = array(
                'GigDetail' => $GigDetail
            );
             
            //return our $Data array to use on the page
            return $this->Customise($Data);
        }
        else
        {
            //Gig not found
            return $this->httpError(404, 'Sorry that member of staff could not be found');
        }
    }
    
    
    //Return our custom breadcrumbs
    public function Breadcrumbs() {
         
        //Get the default breadcrumbs
        $Breadcrumbs = parent::Breadcrumbs();
         
        if($GigDetail = $this->getGigDetail())
        {
            //Explode them into their individual parts
            $Parts = explode(SiteTree::$breadcrumbs_delimiter, $Breadcrumbs);
     
            //Count the parts
            $NumOfParts = count($Parts);
             
            //Change the last item to a link instead of just text
            $Parts[$NumOfParts-1] = ('<a href="' . $this->Link() . '">' . $Parts[$NumOfParts-1] . '</a>');
             
            //Add our extra piece on the end
            $Parts[$NumOfParts] = $GigDetail->Place .' - '. $GigDetail->Date;
     
            //Return the imploded array
            $Breadcrumbs = implode(SiteTree::$breadcrumbs_delimiter, $Parts);          
        }
 
        return $Breadcrumbs;
    }       
    
    
    
}

here's my template:

<div class="typography">
  <% if GigDetails %>
    <div id="gig-list">
        <% control GigDetails %>
        <div class="gig">
            <h3>$Place</h3>
            <p>$Date.Nice - on stage at $Time</p>
            <p>Address: $Address</p>
            <p><a href="$Link">see map &raquo;</a></p>
        </div>
        <% end_control %>
    </div>
    <% end_if %>
</div>

Thanks in advance!

Mauro

I don't see anything in your code that returns a DataObjectSet. On your controller, you have <% control GigDetails %>, which I assume returns a DOS, but that function isn't anywhere in your code.

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Hi UncleCheese, you're right I cannot see the function that return a DOS neither, so I'm posting the entire code here so you can have a better understanding of what's going on, because I don't! :)

GigPage.php:

class GigPage extends Page
{
    static $has_many = array(
        'GigDetails' => 'GigDetail'
    );
    
    
    public function getCMSFields()
    {
        $fields = parent::getCMSFields();
         
        $manager = new DataObjectManager(
            $this,
            'GigDetails',
            'GigDetail'
        ); 
        $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.GigDetails", $manager);
         
        return $fields;
    }
}
 
class GigPage_Controller extends Page_Controller
{
    //Allow our 'show' function as a URL action
    static $allowed_actions = array('show');
     
    //Get the current gig detail from the URL, if any
    public function getGigDetail()
    {
        $Params = $this->getURLParams();
         
        if(is_numeric($Params['ID']) && $GigDetail = DataObject::get_by_id('GigDetail', (int)$Params['ID']))
        {      
            return $GigDetail;
        }
    }
     
    //Displays the gig detail detail page, using GigPage_show.ss template
    function show()
    {      
        if($GigDetail = $this->getGigDetail())
        {
            $Data = array(
                'GigDetail' => $GigDetail
            );
             
            //return our $Data array to use on the page
            return $this->Customise($Data);
        }
        else
        {
            //Gig not found
            return $this->httpError(404, 'Sorry that member of staff could not be found');
        }
    }
    
    
    //Return our custom breadcrumbs
    public function Breadcrumbs() {
         
        //Get the default breadcrumbs
        $Breadcrumbs = parent::Breadcrumbs();
         
        if($GigDetail = $this->getGigDetail())
        {
            //Explode them into their individual parts
            $Parts = explode(SiteTree::$breadcrumbs_delimiter, $Breadcrumbs);
     
            //Count the parts
            $NumOfParts = count($Parts);
             
            //Change the last item to a link instead of just text
            $Parts[$NumOfParts-1] = ('<a href="' . $this->Link() . '">' . $Parts[$NumOfParts-1] . '</a>');
             
            //Add our extra piece on the end
            $Parts[$NumOfParts] = $GigDetail->Place .' - '. $GigDetail->Date;
     
            //Return the imploded array
            $Breadcrumbs = implode(SiteTree::$breadcrumbs_delimiter, $Parts);          
        }
 
        return $Breadcrumbs;
    }       
    
    
    
}

GigDetail.php:

class GigDetail extends DataObject
{
    //db fields
    static $db = array (
        'Place' => 'Varchar(255)',
        'Date' => 'Date',
        'Time' => 'Varchar(50)',
        'Address' => 'Varchar(255)',
        //'Address' => 'HTMLText', to return HTML content
        'Postcode' => 'Varchar(50)',
    );
     
    //Relations
    static $has_one = array (
        'GigPage' => 'GigPage',
    );
     
    //Fields to show in the DOM table
    static $summary_fields = array(
        'Place' => 'Place',
        'Date' => 'Date',
        'Time' => 'Time',
        'Address' => 'Address'
    );
     
    //Fields for the DOM Popup
    public function getCMSFields()
    {
        return new FieldSet(
            new TextField('Place'),
            new DatePickerField('Date','Gig Date (for example: 20/12/2010)'),
            new TextField('Time', 'Time (for example: 20.30)'),
            new TextareaField('Address', 'Address'),
            //new SimpleTinyMCEField('Address', 'Address'), to use HTML editor
            new TextField('Postcode', 'Postcode')
        );
    }
    
    //Return the link to view this gig detail
    public function Link()
    {
        if($GigPage = $this->GigPage())
        {
            $Action = 'show/' . $this->ID;
            return $GigPage->Link($Action);   
        }
    }
}

GigPage.ss:

<div class="typography">
  <% if GigDetails %>
    <div id="gig-list">
        <% control GigDetails %>
        <div class="gig">
            <h3>$Place</h3>
            <p>$Date.Nice - on stage at $Time</p>
            <p>Address: $Address</p>
            <p><a href="$Link">see map &raquo;</a></p>
        </div>
        <% end_control %>
    </div>
    <% end_if %>
</div>

GigPage_show.ss

<div class="breadcrumbs">
   <p>$Breadcrumbs</p>
</div>
<div class="typography">
    <h2>Gig Detail</h2>
    <% control GigDetail %>
    <h3>$Place</h3>
            <p>$Date.Nice - on stage at $Time</p>
            <p>Address: $Address</p>
     </div>
    <% end_control %>
</div>

Thanks very much for your help!
Mauro