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In this tutorial we will be setting up a content type to be ordered by weight using the JUI Sortable plugin. *Note: This is probably not suitable for large data sets, as each model is updated on submission.*

**Tutorial Requirements**
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// Set the number of models to be the heaviest weight
// and format into a dropDownList-friendly array
$models = BlogYourClass::model()->findAll();

for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($models); $i++) { $weights[$i] = $i; }
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'data' => array(
// Turn the Javascript array into a PHP-friendly string
'Order' => 'js:$("ul#orderList.ui-sortable").sortable("toArray").toString()',
)
));
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{
// Handle the POST request data submission
if (Yii::app()->request->isPostRequest && isset($_POST['Order']))
{
// Since we converted the Javascript array to a string,
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if ($model = YourClass::model()->findbyPk($models[$i]))
{
$model->weight = $i;
 
 
                $model->save(// Use updateByPK to avoid running model validate
 
                $model->updateByPk( $models[$i],array("weight"=>$i) );
}
}
}
// Handle the regular model order view
else
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Written by: Matt Kelliher
Last updated by: Phil Loaiza
Created on: Mar 11, 2010
Last updated: 11 years ago
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