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$offset = ($page-1) * $config['per_page'];

$offset = $page;

$this->load->library('pagination');
        $config['base_url'] = 'http://mysite.com/mains/index/';
        $config['total_rows'] = $this->db->count_all('test');
        $config['per_page'] = '5'; 
        
        $this->pagination->initialize($config);

$this->db->order_by($sidx,$sord);
        $this->db->limit($limit, $start);
        $query = $this->db->get('ar_so');
        $count = $this->db->count_all_results();
        
        // calculate the total pages for the query - code added by cess
        if( $count > 0 && $limit > 0) { 
              $total_pages = ceil($count/$limit); 
        } else { 
              $total_pages = 0; 
        } 
        
        // if for some reasons the requested page is greater than the total 
        // set the requested page to total page - code added by cess
        if ($page > $total_pages) $page=$total_pages;
        
        // calculate the starting position of the rows
        $start = $limit * $page - $limit; // do not put $limit*($page - 1)
        
        // if for some reasons start position is negative set it to 0
        // typical case is that the user type 0 for the requested page
        if($start <0) $start = 0;
        
        $this->db->flush_cache();

        $data['db'] = $query;        
        $data['page'] = $page;
        $data['num'] = $total_pages;
        $data['totalPages']=$count;
        return $data;