3.6. Pagination: changing target url

#1

Hi,

my pagination links look like this:
http://localhost/controllerName/actionName?page=2&cat_id=1&reg_id=1

What can I do to get a more seo friendly naming?
For example like:
http://localhost/categoryName/regionName?page=2&cat_id=1&reg_id=1

What I already got is to modfiy the search form via jQuery to change the form action depending on the search - so I land already on the search results page with this url looking like
localhost/categoryName/regionName

I just need “to tell pagination” to use the URL and just add the vars.
What can I do to get this?

Thanks!!

#2

You’ll need to setup the correct routes. Take a look at https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/development/routing.html#routes-configuration

Once that is done, the CakePHP router should take care of everything for you.

#3

Hi dakota. Yes I already tried but I can’t find a proper solution for this. Or in other words, I don’t know what exactly to look for on my specific case. Would it be possible to get some specific help from you?

#4

Whats the exact controllers, etc. that you have? I can only try to help if I know the real names you are using :slight_smile:

#5

Hi dakota,

http://localhost/objekts/search?page=4&cat_id=1

controller = objekts
action = search

thanks so much!!

#6

Hey heohni,

you should define a Route in the routes.php for your needs like:

Router::connect(
'/my-custom-rote/whatever-i-want/:id/:slug/:etc',
['plugin' => 'MyPlugin', 'controller' => 'TheController', 'action' => 'TheAction']
);

Its very simple - or read the docs https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/development/routing.html#quick-tour

#7

So, you want http://localhost/objekts/search?page=4&cat_id=1?

#8

What I have by cake default is this:

localhost/objekts/search?page=4&cat_id=1

What I want is that the pagination number links point to

localhost/myCustomName/myCustomName2?page=4&cat_id=1&reg_id=1
in case I have reg_id and cat_id

or

localhost/myCustomName?page=4&cat_id=1
in case I have only cat_id

#9

Let me define this:

When using this (thanks MarksSoftware)
Router::connect(’/this-is-my-special-name?cat_id=:cat_id’,
[‘controller’ => ‘objekts’, ‘action’ => ‘search’]
);

my links look like:

On page:

localhost/Apartments (this is shown in the browsers address bar)

the pagination number links look now like

localhost/this-is-my-special-name?cat_id=1?page=2

so far - we getting closer.
What can I do now that route takes the part “Apartments” from the address bar?

To get a link like

localhost/Apartments?cat_id=1?page=2