codeigniter count_all_results

Question

I\'m working with the latest codeIgniter released, and i\'m also working with jquery datatables from datatables.net

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Answer 1

If your queries contain a group by, using count_all_results fails. I wrote a simple method to work around this. The key to preventing writing your queries twice is to put them all inside a private method that can be called twice. Here is some sample code:

class Report extends CI_Model {
    ...
    public function get($page=0){
        $this->_complex_query();
        $this->db->limit($this->results_per_page, $page*$this->results_per_page);
        $sales = $this->db->get()->result(); //no table needed in get()

        $this->_complex_query();
        $num_results = $this->_count_results();

        $num_pages = ceil($num_results/$this->results_per_page);

        //return data to your controller
    }

    private function _complex_query(){
        $this->db->where('a', $value);
        $this->db->join('(subquery) as s', 's.id = table.s_id');
        $this->db->group_by('table.column_a');

        $this->db->from('table'); //crucial - we specify all tables here
    }

    private function _count_results(){
        $query = $this->db->get_compiled_select();
        $count_query = "SELECT count(*) as num_rows FROM (".$query.") count_wrap";
        $r = $this->db->query($count_query)->row();
        return $r->num_rows;
    }
}