show more than one pagination in same template file in drupal7 - php

Question

In my custom template tpl file, i am showing two sections (div content) of data, one from each function of my custom module.
The data also has pagination for it, displayed below.
Initially only one block of data will be displayed. Other block of data will be hidden on the page, unless the user clicks on a tab in the page.
Now my question is, how can i show individual paginations for each of my blocks in the same page ?
If i click on a page link in block 1 and go to its page, the pagination links for another block must not be affected.
How to achieve this in Drupal 7?
// my custom module code below
// function one
func one() {
$page = strtolower($page);
$query = db_select('keyword', 'k');
$query->groupBy('k.res');
$stories = $query->extend('PagerDefault')->limit(10)->execute();
return $stories;
}
// function two
func two() {
$page = strtolower($page);
$query = db_select('videos', 'v');
$query->groupBy('v.res');
$videos= $query->extend('PagerDefault')->limit(10)->execute();
return $videos;
}
// in my custom template page
// below is first section in same page
$block_content = fun one(arg(1));
$args = array( 'parameters' => array('pg' => 'one'));
print (theme ('pager',$args));
foreach($block_content as $content)
{
// doing something to display
}
print (theme ('pager',$args));
// below is second section in same page
$block_content = fun two(arg(1));
$args = array( 'parameters' => array('pg' => 'two'));
print (theme ('pager',$args));
foreach($block_content as $content)
{
// doing something to display
}
print (theme ('pager',$args));

Answer 1

You can use the PagerDefault::element() method to set a unique element ID for the pager:
// First one
$stories = $query->extend('PagerDefault')->element(0)->limit(10)->execute();
// Second one
$videos = $query->extend('PagerDefault')->element(1)->limit(10)->execute();
Then use the respective element ID in the theme call:
// First one
$args = array('element' => 0, ...);
print theme('pager', $args);
// Second one
$args = array('element' => 1, ...);
print theme('pager', $args);