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Chris
Chris

Reputation: 58182

How can I hide the page links in the pagination class in Codeigniter?

I am trying to achieve the following effect:

Prev 1 of 4 Next

I have tried setting the following $config option:

$config['num_links'] = 0;

But I get the following error:

Your number of links must be a positive number.

My config options are set as:

    $config['base_url'] = "/browse/tag/$tid/";
    $config['total_rows'] = $num_items;
    $config['per_page'] = $max_items;
    $config['first_link'] = FALSE;
    $config['last_link'] = FALSE;
    $config['uri_segment'] = 4;
    $config['use_page_numbers'] = TRUE;
    $config['display_pages'] = TRUE;
    $config['num_links'] = 0; # this doesn't work
    $config['prev_link'] = 'Previous';
    $config['next_link'] = 'Next';
    $config['cur_tag_open'] = '<span>';
    $config['cur_tag_close'] = " of $pages</span>";
    $config['full_tag_open'] = '<div class="previousnext">';
    $config['full_tag_close'] = '</div>';

If I change num_links to 1, I obviously get:

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And if I turn off display_pages I get:

Prev Next

At this stage, I would like to avoid modding core code.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3398

Answers (2)

Michal M
Michal M

Reputation: 9480

If it's fine for you to have the digit links to exitst in HTML but not be displayed you may want to simply hide them using CSS.

Use $config['num_tag_open'] to define an open tag with class, e.g.:

$config['num_tag_open'] = '<div class="hidden">';

And then simply add a CSS:

.hidden { display: none; }

Upvotes: 4

Jordan Arsenault
Jordan Arsenault

Reputation: 7388

You need to extend the Pagination Class by creating a MY_Pagination.php file in the application/libraries directory and use it to override the create_links() function, which is responsible for echoing out the list of pages.

MY_Pagination.php

class MY_Pagination extends CI_Pagination{
    public function __construct(){
        parent::__construct();
    }

    public function create_links(){
        //copy and paste the logic from system/libraries/Pagination.php
        //but reimplement lines ~258-296 (CI 2.1.3) 
    }
}

By making the changes in your application directory and extending the core, you're safeguarding yourself against future core upgrades (from 2.1.3 to 3.0 for example).

Upvotes: 3

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