Hi,
I have run into the following problems which both raise the same question:
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1.) I have a very large database of items which can be filtered. If a user gets into the view of a specific object, I want to offer back/forward buttons which reflect these filters.
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2.) User can start update process for items from different starting points (start page, detail page, list) and I want him to return to the page where he started the action in the first place.
Where would I store values which reflect filter settings and starting point of the operations ideally?
I have come up with three places which do not seem to be ideal to me:
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simple GET / POST passtrough: I just do not like it because it means manually exposing the variables on each page the user could visit.
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saving it to the model of the item on which operations are performed: but as the startpage or filter settings are not really connected to the model of the item, I do not feel like putting it there.
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putting it into the Controller component: This would work as it is globally available via $this->key, but it would mean crowding this very object with loads of stuff, if I used it extensively.
Any suggestions how to achieve a better style here?
Thanks in advance
Simon