Search block fixes

app/src/Controller/StandardController.php

@@ -636,6 +636,8 @@ public function index() {
     $table = $this->getCurrentTable();
     // $tableName = models
     $tableName = $table->getTable();
+    // AutoViewVarsTrait
+    $this->populateAutoViewVars();
     // Construct the Query
     $query = $this->getIndexQuery();
 
@@ -663,8 +665,6 @@ public function index() {
     // Pass vars to the View
     $this->set($tableName, $resultSet);
     $this->set('vv_permission_set', $this->RegistryAuth->calculatePermissionsForResultSet($resultSet));
-    // AutoViewVarsTrait
-    $this->populateAutoViewVars();
 
     // Default index view title is model name
     [$title, , ] = StringUtilities::entityAndActionToTitle($resultSet, $modelsName, 'index');

app/src/Lib/Traits/AutoViewVarsTrait.php

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 use App\Lib\Util\FunctionUtilities;
 use App\Lib\Util\StringUtilities;
 use Cake\ORM\TableRegistry;
-use Cake\Utility\Hash;
 
 trait AutoViewVarsTrait {
   // Array (and configuration) of view variables to automatically populate

app/src/Lib/Traits/IndexQueryTrait.php

@@ -174,9 +174,7 @@ public function getIndexQuery(bool $pickerMode = false, array $requestParams = [
 
     // Attributes to search for
     if(method_exists($table, 'getSearchableAttributes')) {
-      $searchableAttributes = $table->getSearchableAttributes($this->name,
-                                                              $this->viewBuilder()
-                                                                   ->getVar('vv_tz'));
+      $searchableAttributes = $table->getSearchableAttributes($this->name, $this->viewBuilder());
 
       // Extra View Variables
       foreach ($table->getViewVars() as $key => $variable) {

app/src/Lib/Traits/SearchFilterTrait.php

@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@
 use Bake\Utility\Model\AssociationFilter;
 use Cake\Database\Expression\QueryExpression;
 use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
+use Cake\I18n\FrozenTime;
 use Cake\ORM\Query;
 use Cake\Utility\Inflector;
-use Cake\I18n\FrozenTime;
+use Cake\View\ViewBuilder;
 
 trait SearchFilterTrait {
   /**
@@ -233,11 +234,12 @@ public function getFilterConfig(): array {
    *
    * @since  COmanage Registry v5.0.0
    * @param  string       $controller Controller name
-   * @param  DateTimeZone $vv_tz      Current time zone, if known
+   * @param  ViewBuilder  $viewBuilder View Builder Object
    * @return array Array of permitted search attributes and configuration elements needed for display
    */
 
-  public function getSearchableAttributes(string $controller, \DateTimeZone $vv_tz=null): array {
+  public function getSearchableAttributes(string $controller, ViewBuilder $viewBuilder): array {
+    $vv_tz = $viewBuilder->getVar('vv_tz') ?? null;
     $modelname = Inflector::classify(Inflector::underscore($controller));
     $filterConfig = $this->getFilterConfig();
 

app/src/Lib/Util/StringUtilities.php

@@ -132,6 +132,33 @@ public static function columnKey(
     return ($cfield !== $c) ? $cfield : \Cake\Utility\Inflector::humanize($c);
   }
 
+    /**
+   * Convert a database column name to an auto view variable name
+   *
+   * @param string $column Database column name to convert
+   * @return string Converted view variable name
+   * @since  COmanage Registry v5.2.0
+   */
+  public static function columnToAutoViewVar(string $column): string {
+    // strip trailing _type_id if present, else _id
+    $base = preg_replace('/_type_id$/', '', $column);
+    $base = preg_replace('/_id$/', '', $base);
+
+    // if it originally was *_type_id, we want “...Types”
+    $isType = str_ends_with($column, '_type_id');
+
+    // convert snake_case to camelCase
+    $camel = Inflector::variable($base); // eg email_address -> emailAddress
+
+    if ($isType) {
+      // ensure a plural sense by appending “Types” (matches repo usage)
+      return $camel . 'Types';
+    }
+
+    // default pluralization
+    return Inflector::variable(Inflector::pluralize($base));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Determine the class basename of a Cake Entity.
    * 

app/src/Model/Table/CousTable.php

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class CousTable extends Table {
   use \App\Lib\Traits\SearchFilterTrait;
   use \App\Lib\Traits\TableMetaTrait;
   use \App\Lib\Traits\ValidationTrait;
-  
+
   /**
    * Perform Cake Model initialization.
    *
@@ -116,12 +116,6 @@ public function initialize(array $config): void {
     ]);
 
     $this->setFilterConfig([
-     'identifier' => [
-       'type' => 'string',
-       'model' => 'Identifiers',
-       'active' => true,
-       'order' => 4
-     ],
      'parent_id' => [
        // We want to keep the default column configuration and add extra functionality.
        // Here the extra functionality is additional to select options since the parent_id

app/src/Model/Table/MessageTemplatesTable.php

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class MessageTemplatesTable extends Table {
   use \App\Lib\Traits\CoLinkTrait;
   use \App\Lib\Traits\PermissionsTrait;
   use \App\Lib\Traits\PrimaryLinkTrait;
+  use \App\Lib\Traits\SearchFilterTrait;
   use \App\Lib\Traits\TableMetaTrait;
   use \App\Lib\Traits\ValidationTrait;
 

app/src/View/Helper/FilterHelper.php

@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@
 
 namespace App\View\Helper;
 
+use App\Lib\Util\StringUtilities;
 use Cake\Collection\Collection;
 use Cake\ORM\TableRegistry;
-use Cake\Utility\{Inflector, Hash};
+use Cake\Utility\Hash;
 use Cake\View\Helper;
 
 class FilterHelper extends Helper
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ public function calculateFieldParams(string $columnName, string $label): array{
     $populatedVarData = $this->getView()->get(
     // The populated variables are in plural while the column names are singular
     // Convention: It is a prerequisite that the vvar should be the plural of the column name
-      lcfirst(Inflector::pluralize(Inflector::camelize($columnName)))
+      StringUtilities::columnToAutoViewVar($columnName)
     );
 
     // Field options

app/templates/element/filter/topButtons.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 declare(strict_types = 1);
 
+use App\Lib\Util\StringUtilities;
 use Cake\Utility\{Inflector, Hash};
 
 // Construct aria-controls string
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
 
 // The populated variables are in plural while the column names are singular
 // Convention: It is a prerequisite that the vvar should be the plural of the column name
-$populated_vvar = lcfirst(Inflector::pluralize(Inflector::camelize($key)));
+$populated_vvar = StringUtilities::columnToAutoViewVar($key);
 $button_label = 'Range';
 if(isset($$populated_vvar) && isset($$populated_vvar[$params])) {
   // Get label name from AutoViewPopulated vars