Which is best paginator for in doctrine symfony2? - symfony

Question

I have written custom queries in my repository class and they returns arrays then I do some processing on those arrays then displays to twig.
So please suggest the best pagination method to apply paging on this custom queries resulting in arrays.
I am new to symfony2, does default paging will work and how? I mean what syntax, please provide example.

Answer 1

You should try Knp Paginator. It is simple and customizable.
Simple code example (Doctrine MongoDB ODM):
// Pay attention: query, not result.
$query = $this->getRepositoryOfferKind()->createQueryBuilder()
->field('is_private')->equals(false)
->field('is_deleted')->notEqual(true)
->sort('updated_at', 'DESC')->getQuery();
$paginator = $this->get('knp_paginator');
$pagination = $paginator->paginate($query, $request->get('page', 1), 20);
/* #var $pagination SlidingPagination */
$pagination->setUsedRoute('admin_offer_kind_index');
$pagination->setPageRange(10);
return array(
'objects' => $pagination,
);
And twig:
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Title</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
{% for object in objects %}
<tr>
<td>
{{ object.title }}
</td>
</tr>
{% else %}
<tr>
<td>No data</td>
</tr>
{% endfor %}
</tbody>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td>
{{ knp_pagination_render(objects) }}
</td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
</table>

Answer 2

You can try this native solution
public function getPagination($someValue, int $page = 1, $limit = 20, $sort = "createdAt", $sortOrder = 'DESC')
{
$qb = $this->createQueryBuilder();
$qb->field('some_filed')->equals($someValue);
// and so on
return $qb->sort($sort, $sortOrder)
->skip(($page - 1) * $limit)
->limit($limit)
->getQuery()->toArray();
}