Kohana Search controller example

search.php

<?php defined('SYSPATH') or die('No direct script access.');

class Controller_Search extends Controller {
	
	/**
	 * @var Database_Result
	 */
	protected $_results;
	
	/**
	 * @var Pagination
	 */
	protected $_pagination;

	
	public function action_cars($page = 1)
	{
		$cars = new Model_Car;
		
		$count = $cars
			->set_search_data($this->request->query())
			->reset(FALSE)
			->count_all();
		
		$this->_pagination = Pagination::factory(array(
			'current_page'		=> array('source' => 'route', 'key' => 'page'),
			'items_per_page' 	=> 15,
			'total_items'		=> $count,
		));
		
		$this->_results = $cars
			->limit($this->_pagination->items_per_page)
			->offset($this->_pagination->offset)
			->find_all();
	}
	
	public function after()
	{
		/**
		 * Decide what to respond with depending on the Accept header
		 */
		switch ($this->request->headers('Accept'))
		{
			default :
				
				$this->view = new View_Search_Results;
				
				$this->view->set(array(
					'cars' 			=> $this->_results,
					'pagination' 	=> $this->_pagination,
				));
				
			break;
		}
		
		return parent::after();
	}
	
}