movies_controller.rb

movies_controller.rb

class MoviesController < ApplicationController

  def show
    id = params[:id] # retrieve movie ID from URI route
    @movie = Movie.find(id) # look up movie by unique ID
    # will render app/views/movies/show.<extension> by default
  end

 def index
        redirect =false
#debugger
        if params[:sort_by].nil? and !(session[:sort_by].nil?)
          params[:sort_by] = session[:sort_by]
          redirect = true
        else
          session[:sort_by] = params[:sort_by] 
        end

        if (params[:ratings].nil? and params[:commit].nil?) and !(session[:ratings].nil?)
          params[:ratings] = session[:ratings]
          redirect = true
        else
          session[:ratings] = params[:ratings]
        end
#debugger
        redirect_to movies_path params if redirect 


    @sort_by = params[:sort_by]
    @all_ratings = Movie.get_unique_ratings 
    selected_ratings_hash ||= params[:ratings] ||= {} 

    
    @selected_ratings = selected_ratings_hash.keys
    @rating_params = @selected_ratings.map { |x| "ratings[#{x}]=1"}.join("&")
    if selected_ratings_hash.empty?
      @movies = Movie.all(:order => @sort_by)
    else
      @movies = Movie.find_all_by_rating(@selected_ratings, :order => @sort_by)
    end
  end

  #snip

end