Easy Pagination helper

by atillaordog

One of the first things I wrote when I started working in PHP was a nice little Pagination helper class.

It is very easy to use and made my work easier many times.

So here it is a code sample of how to use it:

// First we have to get the total elements

// Create the limit, offset and other useful data first
$pag = Pagination::paginate($total_nr, $current_page, 20);

// Here we get our data using limit, offset

// Build the pagination
$pagination = new Pagination(array(
'total' => $total_nr, // The nmber of all elements
'items_per_page' => $pag['pagination'], // How many items will there be on the page
'base_url' => $url,  // The base url used, this can contain $_GET elements too, they will not be overwritten
'current_page' => $pag['current'], // Current page we are on
'links_to_show' => 3, // How many links to show between the 3 dots
'page_name' => 'sm_page', // Name of the $_GET parameter to use
'first_string' => '<<', // String that is used for the FIRST link
'prev_string' => '<', // string used for the PREVIOUS link
'dots_string' => '...', // String used for the dots between numbers
'next_string' => '>', // String used for the NEXT link
'last_string' => '>>' // String used for the LAST link
));

// Generate the array of pagination links
$pagination_links = $pagination->render();

You can also set the mentioned variables after initialization like:

$pagination->base_url = '';

Note that you have to set all variables before calling render()

 

It can be found here:

https://github.com/atillaordog/Pagination

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