Advanced Modules w/ list_items enum filter

atticusservices

I've looked around the forum and can't find an answer ... probably not looking for the right thing.

Situation:
I have a table with an enum column of locale values. I want to be able to filter the items in list view by their value in the enum column. Ideally by passing an options_list as the filter. I know that I can manually add all the enum values to an array and add it to my modules config (*_fuel_modules.php) file, but I don't want to be managing to lists of values and I assume there is a better way to do this.

Thanks in advance for your help.

admin

It sounds like you may need to pull the field information from your model. You can use the model's "field_info" method to get the fields enum options. I haven't tested this but you can try something like following in your MY_fuel_modules.php file perhaps near the top:
$options = array(); if (defined('FUEL_ADMIN')) { $CI =& get_instance(); $CI->load->model('my_model'); $info = $CI->my_model->field_info('my_field'); $options = $info['options']; }
I wrap the call in a conditional so that it will only load the database if you are in the FUEL admin.
http://www.getfuelcms.com/user_guide/libraries/my_model/table_class_functions

atticusservices

Thanks for the response.

I'm trying to get it to work as a filter and show up next to the search at the top. I'm trying to break down the Assets module because the "Asset Folder" drop down functions exactly how I want mine to. The part I'm have trouble with is pushing the drop down to the filters array.

How should I go about overriding the assets module init values form the model?

atticusservices

I think I got it. I created a controller and extended the Module controller of the Fuel module. The example below simply overrides the filter array in $config['modules']['localization_translations'].

require_once(FUEL_PATH.'/controllers/Module.php'); class Translations extends Module { function __construct() { parent::__construct(); } function items() { $this->filters['translation_locale']['options'] = array( 'foo' => 'bar', 'hello' => 'world' ); parent::items(); } }