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Pagination previous link not working

Hey,

I'm using the standard snippet for pagination - for some reason the Previous link doesn't work - just wondering if anyone could help?

<perch:if exists="paging">
    <div class="paging">
      Page <perch:content id="current_page" type="hidden" /> of <perch:content id="number_of_pages" type="hidden" />
      <perch:if exists="not_first_page">
        <a href="<perch:content id="prev_url" type="hidden" encode="false" />">Previous</a>
      </perch:if>
      <perch:content id="page_links" encode="false" />
      <perch:if exists="not_last_page">
        <a href="<perch:content id="next_url" type="hidden" encode="false" />">Next</a>
      </perch:if>
    </div>
  </perch:if>
Dan Temple

Dan Temple 0 points

  • 6 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

In what way doesn't it work?
Dan Temple

Dan Temple 0 points

6 years ago

There's no url...

<a href>Previous</a>
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Are you using the standard ?page=2 format?
Dan Temple

Dan Temple 0 points

6 years ago

Yep
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Can you show me the debug from the page where it's not working?
Dan Temple

Dan Temple 0 points

6 years ago 
SELECT collectionID, collectionTemplate FROM perch2_collections WHERE collectionKey='Jobs'SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT * FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, ci.collectionID, ci.itemJSON, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM perch2_collection_index idx JOIN perch2_collection_items ci ON idx.itemID=ci.itemID AND idx.itemRev=ci.itemRev AND idx.collectionID=ci.collectionID JOIN perch2_collection_revisions cr ON idx.itemID=cr.itemID AND idx.itemRev=cr.itemRev AND idx.collectionID=ci.collectionID JOIN perch2_collection_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE (idx.collectionID=1) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev ) as tbl GROUP BY itemID ORDER BY sortval * 1 DESC LIMIT 8, 8

SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count` 

Using template: /templates/content/_job_list.html

This is from page 2
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

That's all of it? No routing information?
Dan Temple

Dan Temple 0 points

6 years ago

No, doesn't seem to be?
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Are you using routing?
Dan Temple

Dan Temple 0 points

6 years ago

No, this is just a standard Perch site
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Ah ok. Can you show me the options you're using?
Dan Temple

Dan Temple 0 points

6 years ago 
perch_collection('Jobs', array(
                    'page'=>'/view-job.php',
                    'template'=>'_job_list.html',                   
                    'sort' => '_id',
                    'sort-type' => 'numeric',
                    'sort-order' => 'DESC',
                    'paginate' => 'true',
                    'count'=>'8'
                ));
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

You can't use perch_collection() on a standard Perch site.
Dan Temple

Dan Temple 0 points

6 years ago

Sorry Drew, I'm getting my sites mixed up :-s

This is a Perch Runway site, upgraded from a basic Perch site. I can't actually remember if this ever used to work.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

SO you can move forward through pages, but not back?
Dan Temple

Dan Temple 0 points

6 years ago

Yes, moving forward works ok - just can't go back using the prev link.
Nicole Mirea

Nicole Mirea 2 points

6 years ago

I'm having the same problem! I'm using the default pagination template, which looks like like Dan's above.

When I run <perch:showall/>, I see that the prev_url variable is unset. I'm also using the standard ?page=1 format.

By the way, I was able to find a workaround by using prev_page_number like this:

<a href="?page=<perch:content id="prev_page_number" type="hidden" encode="false" />">Previous</a>
Mostofa Kamal

Mostofa Kamal 0 points

5 years ago

That also worked for the blog pagination

<a href="?page=<perch:blog id="prev_page_number" type="hidden" encode="false" />">Previous</a>