Helpers\Pagination

Helpers\Pagination

Break recordset into a series of pages.

First create a new instance of the class pass in the number of items per page and the instance identifier, this is used for the GET parameter such as ?p=2

The setTotal method expects the total number of records, either set this or pass in a call to a model that will return records then count them on return.

The method used to get the records will need a getLimit passed to it, this will then return the set number of records for that page.

Lastly a method called page_links will return the page links.

The model that uses the limit will need to expect the limit:

public function getContacts($limit) { return $this->db->select(' SELECT *, (SELECT count(id) FROM '.PREFIX.'contacts) as total FROM '.PREFIX.'contacts '.$limit); }

Pagination concept

//create a new object
$pages = new Paginator('1', 'p');  //calling a method to get the records with the limit set (model would be the var holding the model data) $data['records'] = $this->model->getContacts($pages->getLimit());  //set the total records, calling a method to get the number of records from a model $pages->setTotal($data['records'][0]->total);  //create the nav menu $data['pageLinks'] = $pages->pageLinks();

Usage example:

$pages = new Paginator('50','p'); $data['records'] = $this->model->getContacts($pages->getLimit()); $pages->setTotal($data['records'][0]->total); $data['pageLinks'] = $pages->pageLinks();