magento paginate a custom collection

Question

I have a custom page where I have displayed custom products using custom queries by crossing models against brands. I have an array of products Ids now what I can\'t seem to fig

Answer 1

Step 1: Controller (IndexController.php) file In index controller simply load the layout and render it.

loadLayout();
        $this->renderLayout();
    }
}
?>

Step 2: Layout (custom.xml) file Put the under given code in the layout file of module.

here is code for block where you can define collection

getCollection();
        $this->setCollection($collection);
    }

    protected function _prepareLayout()
    {
        parent::_prepareLayout();

        $pager = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('page/html_pager', 'custom.pager');
        $pager->setAvailableLimit(array(5=>5,10=>10,20=>20,'all'=>'all'));
        $pager->setCollection($this->getCollection());
        $this->setChild('pager', $pager);
        $this->getCollection()->load();
        return $this;
    }

    public function getPagerHtml()
    {
        return $this->getChildHtml('pager');
    }
}

you have to define custom collection which return the product id as per your requirement.in above code here is the phtml file where you can get pagination

getMessagesBlock()->getGroupedHtml() ?>
getCollection(); ?>

    
__('My Custom Collection') ?>

getPagerHtml(); ?>
getSize()): ?>

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

        

            
__('ID #') ?>
            
__('Title') ?>
            
__('Created') ?>
        
    
    

        
        
            

                
getCollectionId() ?>
                
getTitle(); ?>
                
formatDate($_obj->getCreatedTime()) ?>
            
        
    


getPagerHtml(); ?>

    
__('The collection is empty.'); ?>

hope this will help you