UPD: pagination

composer.json

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "dereuromark/cakephp-captcha": "^1.4",
         "dereuromark/cakephp-queue": "^6.9",
         "friendsofcake/cakepdf": "^4.1",
+        "friendsofcake/search": "^6.2",
         "josegonzalez/cakephp-upload": "^7.0",
         "mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib": "^3.74"
     },

src/Application.php

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public function bootstrap(): void
         // Load more plugins here 
         $this->addPlugin('Josegonzalez/Upload');
         $this->addPlugin('CakePdf');
+        $this->addPlugin('Search');
     }
 
     /**

src/Controller/Admin/MessagesController.php

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace App\Controller\Admin;
@@ -25,21 +26,18 @@ class MessagesController extends AppController
      */
     public function index()
     {
-        // $page_options = array('25' => '25', '20' => '20');
-        // $messages = $this->paginate($this->Messages); 
-        // $this->set('page_options', $page_options);
-        // $this->set(compact('messages'));
+        $limit = $this->request->getQuery('pages', 1000); // Default to 10 if 'pages' is not set
+
 
-        $filters = [
-            'name' => $this->request->getQuery('name'),
-            // 'email' => $this->request->getQuery('email'),
-            // 'status' => $this->request->getQuery('status'),
-        ];
+        $messages = $this->paginate(
+            $this->Messages->find(
+                'search',
+                ['search' => $this->request->getQuery()]
+            ),
+            ['limit' => $limit]
+        );
 
-        $query = $this->Messages->find();
-        $query = $this->Messages->search($query, $filters);
-        $page_options = array('25' => '25', '20' => '20');
-        $messages = $this->paginate($query);
+        $page_options = array('5' => '5', '10' => '10', '25' => '25', '20' => '20');
         $this->set(compact('messages'));
         $this->set('page_options', $page_options);
     }

src/Controller/Admin/UsersController.php

@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
  */
 class UsersController extends AppController
 {
-
+    public function initialize(): void
+    {
+        parent::initialize();
+
+    }
 
     public function dashboard()
     {
@@ -29,12 +33,15 @@ public function dashboard()
      */
     public function index()
     {
+        $limit = $this->request->getQuery('pages', 1000); // Default to 10 if 'pages' is not set
+
         $this->paginate = [
             'contain' => ['Designations', 'Counties', 'Roles'],
-        ];
-        $users = $this->paginate($this->Users);
-        // dd($users);
-
+            'limit'=>$limit
+
+        ]; 
+        $users = $this->paginate($this->Users->find('search', ['search' => $this->request->getQuery()]));
+
         $this->set(compact('users'));
     }
 

src/Controller/AppController.php

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public function initialize(): void
          */
         //$this->loadComponent('FormProtection'); 
         $this->loadComponent('Paginator');
+         $this->loadComponent('Search.Search');
 
         $this->loadComponent('Acl', [
             'className' => 'Acl.Acl'

src/Model/Table/MessagesTable.php

@@ -44,7 +44,17 @@ public function initialize(array $config): void
         $this->setPrimaryKey('id');
 
         $this->addBehavior('Timestamp');
-        // $this->addBehavior('Search.Search');
+
+        $this->addBehavior('Search.Search');
+
+        $this->searchManager()
+            ->value('subject')
+            ->value('content')
+            ->like('name', ['fields' => ['name']])
+            ->value('sms');
+            // ->compare('start_date', ['operator' => '>=', 'fields' => ['created']])
+            // ->compare('end_date', ['operator' => '<=', 'fields' => ['created']])
+            // ->value('designation_id');
     }
 
     public function search(Query $query, array $filters): Query

src/Model/Table/UsersTable.php

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class UsersTable extends Table
         array('name' => 'username', 'type' => 'like'),
         array('name' => 'name', 'type' => 'like'),
         array('name' => 'email', 'type' => 'like'),
-		array('name' => 'range', 'type' => 'expression', 'method' => 'makeRangeCondition', 'field' => 'Users.created BETWEEN ? AND ?'),
+        array('name' => 'range', 'type' => 'expression', 'method' => 'makeRangeCondition', 'field' => 'Users.created BETWEEN ? AND ?'),
     );
 
     /**
@@ -79,6 +79,27 @@ public function initialize(array $config): void
         $this->addBehavior('Timestamp');
         $this->addBehavior('Acl.Acl', ['type' => 'requester']);
 
+        $this->addBehavior('Search.Search');
+
+        $this->searchManager()
+            ->value('username')
+            ->value('role_id')
+            ->value('email')
+            ->compare('start_date', ['operator' => '>=', 'fields' => ['created']])
+            ->compare('end_date', ['operator' => '<=', 'fields' => ['created']])
+            ->value('designation_id');
+            // ->like('name', ['fields' => ['name', 'username', 'email', 'phone_no']])
+
+            // ->add('search', 'Search.Like', [
+            //     'before' => true,
+            //     'after' => true,
+            //     'fieldMode' => 'OR',
+            //     'comparison' => 'LIKE',
+            //     'wildcardAny' => '*',
+            //     'wildcardOne' => '?',
+            //     'fields' => ['name', 'email'],
+            // ]);
+
 
         $this->belongsTo('Designations', [
             'foreignKey' => 'designation_id',
@@ -163,7 +184,7 @@ public function validationDefault(Validator $validator): Validator
             ->scalar('username')
             ->maxLength('username', 255)
             ->requirePresence('username', 'create')
-            ->notEmptyString('username','Please provide username')
+            ->notEmptyString('username', 'Please provide username')
             ->add('username', 'unique', ['rule' => 'validateUnique', 'provider' => 'table']);
 
         $validator
@@ -179,7 +200,7 @@ public function validationDefault(Validator $validator): Validator
                 'message' => 'Passwords do not match'
             ])
 
-            ->notEmptyString('password','Please provide password');
+            ->notEmptyString('password', 'Please provide password');
 
         $validator
             ->scalar('confirm_password')
@@ -193,12 +214,12 @@ public function validationDefault(Validator $validator): Validator
 
         $validator
             ->email('email')
-            ->notEmptyString('email','Please provide email address')
+            ->notEmptyString('email', 'Please provide email address')
             ->add('email', 'unique', ['rule' => 'validateUnique', 'provider' => 'table']);
 
         $validator
             ->integer('role_id')
-            ->notEmptyString('role_id','Please select a role');
+            ->notEmptyString('role_id', 'Please select a role');
 
         $validator
             ->scalar('name_of_institution')

templates/Admin/Messages/index.php

@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
     <div class="span-12">
 
 
-        <?php
-        echo $this->Form->create(); ?>
+        <?php 
+
+        echo $this->Form->create(null, ['valueSources' => 'query']);
+        ?>
         <table class="table table-condensed table-bordered" style="margin-bottom: 2px;">
             <thead>
                 <tr>