function merchantlist()
{
global $mainframe;
$db =& JFactory::getDBO();
$filter_order = $mainframe->getUserStateFromRequest($option . 'filter_order', 'filter_order', 'id', 'cmd');
$filter_order_Dir = $mainframe->getUserStateFromRequest($option . 'filter_order_Dir', 'filter_order_Dir', '', 'word');
$filter_state = $mainframe->getUserStateFromRequest($option . 'filter_state', 'filter_state', '', 'word');
$search = $mainframe->getUserStateFromRequest($option . 'search', 'search', '', 'string');
$search = JString::strtolower($search);
$limit = $mainframe->getUserStateFromRequest('global.list.limit', 'limit', $mainframe->getCfg('list_limit'), 'int');
$limitstart = $mainframe->getUserStateFromRequest($option . '.limitstart', 'limitstart', 0, 'int');
$where = array();
if ($search) {
$where[] = 'company_name LIKE "%' . $db->getEscaped($search) . '%"';
}
$where = count($where) ? ' WHERE ' . implode(' AND ', $where) : '';
if ($filter_order == 'id') {
$orderby = ' ORDER BY id';
} else {
$orderby = ' ORDER BY ' . $filter_order . ' ' . $filter_order_Dir . ', id';
}
// get the total number of records
$query = 'SELECT COUNT(*)' . ' FROM #__deal_merchants' . $where;
$db->setQuery($query);
$total = $db->loadResult();
jimport('joomla.html.pagination');
$pageNav = new JPagination($total, $limitstart, $limit);
$query = "SELECT * FROM #__deal_merchants" . $where . $orderby;
$db->setQuery($query, $pageNav->limitstart, $pageNav->limit);
$rows = $db->loadObjectList();
if ($db->getErrorNum()) {
echo $db->stderr();
return false;
}
// table ordering
$lists['order_Dir'] = $filter_order_Dir;
$lists['order'] = $filter_order;
// search filter
$lists['search'] = $search;
DealCatalogHTML::merchantlist(&$rows, &$pageNav, &$lists);
// Calling the merchant users list in html
}
