CodeIgniter pagination always shows page 1 - php

Question

I already using the pagination library in nearly ten modules, with no problems, but it fails in last one (and the most important).
My routing for this section is:
$route['candidate/sort/(:any)/(:any)/page/(:num)'] = 'candidate/sort/$1/$2/$3';
My Controller
public function sort($type, $id, $page = 1) {
/* Load Config */
$data = $this->data;
$data['sub_active'] = 'candidate';
$data['type'] = $type;
/* Get Candidates */
$total = $this->candidates->getTotal($type, $id);
if(($this->limit >= $total) && ($page > 1)) {
$data['candidates'] = $this->candidates->getCandidates(1, $this->limit, $type, $id);
}elseif(((($this->limit * $page) - $this->limit) >= $total) && ($page > 1)) {
$data['candidates'] = $this->candidates->getCandidates(ceil($total / $this->limit), $this->limit, $type, $id);
}else{
$data['candidates'] = $this->candidates->getCandidates($page, $this->limit, $type, $id);
}
/* Pagination */
$this->load->library('pagination');
# Config Pagination
$data['cms']['tables']['total_rows'] = $total;
$data['cms']['tables']['per_page'] = $this->limit;
$data['cms']['tables']['first_url'] = base_url($data['sub_active'].'/sort'.'/'.$type.'/'.$id);
$data['cms']['tables']['base_url'] = base_url($data['sub_active'].'/sort'.'/'.$type.'/'.$id.'/page');
$data['page'] = $page;
$data['total_pages'] = ceil($total / $this->limit);
$data['total'] = $total;
# Initialize Pagination
$this->pagination->initialize($data['cms']['tables']);
$data['pagination'] = $this->pagination->create_links();
/* Display Template */
$this->twig->display('pages/list_candidate.htm', $data);
}
Base first url = myweb.com/candidate/sort/$type/$id and base url = myweb.com/candidate/sort/$type/$id/page
But the pagination doesn’t work, it always the same page (page 1 on this case). I'm using this same schema in other controllers and it works fine, only fails with this.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I finally found the answer:
$config['uri_segment'] = 6;
That's because codeigniter does not detect well the URL.

Answer 2

Nice, I am glad you found the answer Tunnecino!
But I think its need to be further explained , why
According to our wonderful CI user guide, here is how we determine the uri_segment so not to make the same mistake again :)
$this->uri->segment(n)
Permits you to retrieve a specific segment. Where n is the segment number you wish to retrieve. Segments are numbered from left to right. For example, if your full URL is this:
http://example.com/index.php/news/local/metro/crime_is_up
The segment numbers would be this:
1.news
2.local
3.metro
4.crime_is_up
By default the function returns FALSE (boolean) if the segment does not exist. There is an optional second parameter that permits you to set your own default value if the segment is missing. For example, this would tell the function to return the number zero in the event of failure:
$product_id = $this->uri->segment(3, 0);