How to specify the number of pages shown? - php

Question

Pagination PHP code:
<?php
//Connecting To The DB And Fetching Number Of Rows.
$stmt = $pdo->prepare('SELECT * FROM locations');
$stmt->execute();
$count = $stmt->rowCount();
$values = $stmt->fetchAll();
//Check If Page Number Is Set To Specific Value.
if (isset($_GET['pageno']))
{
$pageno = $_GET['pageno']; //Current Page Number.
$no_of_records_per_page = 100; // Number Of Rows Per Page.
$total_pages = ceil($count / $no_of_records_per_page); //Total Number Of Pages.
$offset = ($pageno-1) * $no_of_records_per_page; //Starting From.
}
//If Page Number Not Specified The First Page Will Be Shown.
else
{
$pageno = 1;
}
?>
HTML code beneath it:
<ul class="pagination">
//First Page.
<li>
First
</li>
//Previous Page.
<li>
Prev
</li>
<li>
//Loop Through Pages.
<?php
for ($i=1; $i <= $total_pages ; $i++)
{
echo ''.$i.'';
}
?>
</li>
//Next Page.
<li>
Next
</li>
//Last Page.
<li>
Last
</li>
It's showing all the pages:
First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next Last
But if there are many pages it would be missed up.
I want to show specific number of pages like 5 or 6:
First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 .. .. 8 Next Last
Is it possible ? Is there is a library / plugin for that?

Answer 1

Best use Data tables which will process the data server side, which will be your ajax call and data will load on click on next or on pagination. it will reduce the load of getting data at one go and you do not have to write separate code for the pagination too.
Refer below link.
https://datatables.net/examples/data_sources/server_side.html
Hope it will help you.

Answer 2

Depending on what you want displayed for the "extra" page number, change what is echoed in the if statement:
//Loop Through Pages.
<?php
for ($i=1; $i <= $total_pages ; $i++)
{
if($total_pages > 8 && $i > 6 && $i < $total_pages) {
echo '..';
} else {
echo ''.$i.'';
}
}
?>