Replace get parameters in Codeigniter pagination? - php

Question

The following piece of code for my pagination function like following:-
public function news()
{
$this->load->library('pagination');
$config = array();
$config["base_url"] = base_url() . "index.php/welcome/news";
$this->load->model('news_model');
$total_row = $this->news_model->record_count();
$config["total_rows"] = $total_row;
$config["per_page"] = 1;
$config['use_page_numbers'] = TRUE;
$config['num_links'] = $total_row;
$config['cur_tag_open'] = ' <a class="current">';
$config['cur_tag_close'] = '</a>';
$config['page_query_string'] = TRUE;
$config['next_link'] = 'Next';
$config['prev_link'] = 'Previous';
$config['first_url'] = $config['base_url'].'?'.http_build_query($_GET);
$this->pagination->initialize($config);
if($this->uri->segment(3)){
$page = ($this->uri->segment(3)) ;
}
else{
$page = 1;
} //echo $config["per_page"].'/'.$page; exit();
$this->load->model('news_model');
$data["results"] = $this->news_model->fetch_data($config["per_page"], $page);
$str_links = $this->pagination->create_links();
$data["links"] = explode(' ',$str_links );
$this->load->model('news_model');
$data['lt_news'] = $this->news_model->get_lt_newsletter();
$data['rm_news'] = $this->news_model->get_rm_newsletter();
$this->load->view('newsletter/newsletter',$data);
}
From the above code, the url browser shows like the following:-
http://localhost/ins/index.php/welcome/news?per_page=2
I am like jammed as to how to change it to be look like the following:
http://localhost/ins/index.php/welcome/news/2
Is there a way to do it..? I am newbie to the pagination in codeigniter so, i do not know if there is a necessity to change the url parameters to be looking like the above..?

Answer 1

Set $config['page_query_string'] to false.
From the doc https://www.codeigniter.com/userguide3/libraries/pagination.html#customizing-the-pagination:
By default, the pagination library assume you are using URI Segments,
and constructs your links something like:
http://example.com/index.php/test/page/20 If you have
$config['enable_query_strings'] set to TRUE your links will
automatically be re-written using Query Strings. This option can also
be explicitly set. Using $config['page_query_string'] set to TRUE, the
pagination link will become:
http://example.com/index.php?c=test&m=page&per_page=20

Answer 2

Make the page a parameter of the function, like so:
public function news($pageNum)
{
...
$page = $pageNum
...
}
Then you should be able to access it via:
http://localhost/ins/index.php/welcome/news/2