interface PagerManagerInterface (View source)

This is a service for pager information.

The pager.manager service manages the pager information which will eventually be rendered into pager elements in the response. To gather information related to pager information in the request, use the pager.parameters service.

Since there can be multiple pagers per requested page, each one is represented by an 'element' ID. This is an integer. It represents the index of the pager element within the 'page' query. The value of the element is an integer telling us the current page number for that pager.

This class generally replaces the functions in core/includes/pager.inc. Those functions use globals to store data which they all use. Since we require backwards compatibility with this behavior, this class presents a public API for using pager information, which is implemented using the same globals as a 'backend.'

Methods

createPager(int $total, int $limit, int $element = 0)

Initializes a pager.

Pager|null
getPager(int $element = 0)

Gets a pager from the static cache.

array
getUpdatedParameters(array $query, int $element, int $index)

Gets the URL query parameter array of a pager link.

Details

Pager createPager(int $total, int $limit, int $element = 0)

Initializes a pager.

This function sets up the necessary variables so that the render system will correctly process #type 'pager' render arrays to output pagers that correspond to the items being displayed.

If the items being displayed result from a database query performed using Drupal's database API, and if you have control over the construction of the database query, you do not need to call this function directly; instead, you can extend the query object with the 'PagerSelectExtender' extender before executing it. For example:

Parameters

int $total

The total number of items to be paged.

int $limit

The number of items the calling code will display per page.

int $element

(optional) An integer to distinguish between multiple pagers on one page.

Return Value

Pager

The pager.

Pager|null getPager(int $element = 0)

Gets a pager from the static cache.

Parameters

int $element

The pager element index.

Return Value

Pager|null

The pager, or null if not found.

array getUpdatedParameters(array $query, int $element, int $index)

Gets the URL query parameter array of a pager link.

Adds to or adjusts the 'page' URL query parameter so that if you follow the link, you'll get page $index for pager $element on the page.

The 'page' URL query parameter is a comma-delimited string, where each value is the target content page for the corresponding pager $element. For instance, if we have 5 pagers on a single page, and we want to have a link to a page that should display the 6th content page for the 3rd pager, and the 1st content page for all the other pagers, then the URL query will look like this: ?page=0,0,5,0,0 (page numbering starts at zero).

Parameters

array $query

An associative array of URL query parameters to add to.

int $element

An integer to distinguish between multiple pagers on one page.

int $index

The index of the target page, for the given element, in the pager array.

Return Value

array

The altered $query parameter array.