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+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Content;
+
+use Friendica\Core\L10n;
+
+/**
+ * The Pager has two very different output, Minimal and Full, see renderMinimal() and renderFull() for more details.
+ *
+ * @author Hypolite Petovan <mrpetovan@gmail.com>
+ */
+class Pager
+{
+	/**
+	 * @var integer
+	 */
+	private $page = 1;
+	/**
+	 * @var integer
+	 */
+	private $itemsPerPage = 50;
+	/**
+	 * @var integer
+	 */
+	private $itemCount = 0;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	private $baseQueryString = '';
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new Pager with the base parameters.
+	 *
+	 * Guesses the page number from the GET parameter 'page'.
+	 *
+	 * @param string  $queryString  The query string of the current page
+	 * @param integer $itemCount    The total item count (for the full mode) or null (for the minimal mode)
+	 * @param integer $itemsPerPage An optional number of items per page to override the default value
+	 */
+	public function __construct($queryString, $itemCount = null, $itemsPerPage = 50)
+	{
+		$this->setQueryString($queryString);
+		$this->setItemsPerPage($itemsPerPage);
+		$this->setItemCount(defaults($itemCount, $this->getItemsPerPage()));
+		$this->setPage(defaults($_GET, 'page', 1));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the start offset for a LIMIT clause. Starts at 0.
+	 *
+	 * @return integer
+	 */
+	public function getStart()
+	{
+		return max(0, ($this->page * $this->itemsPerPage) - $this->itemsPerPage);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the number of items per page
+	 *
+	 * @return integer
+	 */
+	public function getItemsPerPage()
+	{
+		return $this->itemsPerPage;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current page number
+	 *
+	 * @return type
+	 */
+	public function getPage()
+	{
+		return $this->page;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the base query string.
+	 *
+	 * Warning: this isn't the same value as passed to the constructor.
+	 * See setQueryString for the inventory of transformations
+	 *
+	 * @see setBaseQuery()
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getBaseQueryString()
+	{
+		return $this->baseQueryString;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the number of items per page, 1 minimum.
+	 *
+	 * @param integer $itemsPerPage
+	 */
+	public function setItemsPerPage($itemsPerPage)
+	{
+		$this->itemsPerPage = max(1, intval($itemsPerPage));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the current page number. Starts at 1.
+	 *
+	 * @param integer $page
+	 */
+	public function setPage($page)
+	{
+		$this->page = max(1, intval($page));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the item count, 0 minimum.
+	 *
+	 * @param integer $itemCount
+	 */
+	public function setItemCount($itemCount)
+	{
+		$this->itemCount = max(0, intval($itemCount));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the base query string from a full query string.
+	 *
+	 * Strips the 'page' parameter, and remove the 'q=' string for some reason.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $queryString
+	 */
+	public function setQueryString($queryString)
+	{
+		$stripped = preg_replace('/([&?]page=[0-9]*)/', '', $queryString);
+
+		$stripped = str_replace('q=', '', $stripped);
+		$stripped = trim($stripped, '/');
+
+		$this->baseQueryString = $stripped;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Ensures the provided URI has its query string punctuation in order.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $uri
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	private function ensureQueryParameter($uri)
+	{
+		if (strpos($uri, '?') === false && ($pos = strpos($uri, '&')) !== false) {
+			$uri = substr($uri, 0, $pos) . '?' . substr($uri, $pos + 1);
+		}
+
+		return $uri;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Minimal pager (newer/older)
+	 *
+	 * This mode is intended for reverse chronological pages and presents only two links, newer (previous) and older (next).
+	 * The itemCount is the number of displayed items. If no items are displayed, the older button is disabled.
+	 *
+	 * Example usage:
+	 *
+	 * $pager = new Pager($a->query_string);
+	 *
+	 * $params = ['order' => ['sort_field' => true], 'limit' => [$pager->getStart(), $pager->getItemsPerPage()]];
+	 * $items = DBA::toArray(DBA::select($table, $fields, $condition, $params));
+	 *
+	 * $html = $pager->renderMinimal(count($items));
+	 *
+	 * @param integer $itemCount The number of displayed items on the page
+	 * @return string HTML string of the pager
+	 */
+	public function renderMinimal($itemCount)
+	{
+		$this->setItemCount($itemCount);
+
+		$data = [
+			'class' => 'pager',
+			'prev'  => [
+				'url'   => $this->ensureQueryParameter($this->baseQueryString . '&page=' . ($this->getPage() - 1)),
+				'text'  => L10n::t('newer'),
+				'class' => 'previous' . ($this->getPage() == 1 ? ' disabled' : '')
+			],
+			'next'  => [
+				'url'   => $this->ensureQueryParameter($this->baseQueryString . '&page=' . ($this->getPage() + 1)),
+				'text'  => L10n::t('older'),
+				'class' =>  'next' . ($this->itemCount <= 0 ? ' disabled' : '')
+			]
+		];
+
+		$tpl = get_markup_template('paginate.tpl');
+		return replace_macros($tpl, ['pager' => $data]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Full pager (first / prev / 1 / 2 / ... / 14 / 15 / next / last)
+	 *
+	 * This mode presents page numbers as well as first, previous, next and last links.
+	 * The itemCount is the total number of items including those not displayed.
+	 *
+	 * Example usage:
+	 *
+	 * $total = DBA::count($table, $condition);
+	 *
+	 * $pager = new Pager($a->query_string, $total);
+	 *
+	 * $params = ['limit' => [$pager->getStart(), $pager->getItemsPerPage()]];
+	 * $items = DBA::toArray(DBA::select($table, $fields, $condition, $params));
+	 *
+	 * $html = $pager->renderFull();
+	 *
+	 * @return string HTML string of the pager
+	 */
+	public function renderFull()
+	{
+		$data = [];
+
+		$data['class'] = 'pagination';
+		if ($this->itemCount > $this->getItemsPerPage()) {
+			$data['first'] = [
+				'url'   => $this->ensureQueryParameter($this->baseQueryString . '&page=1'),
+				'text'  => L10n::t('first'),
+				'class' => $this->getPage() == 1 ? 'disabled' : ''
+			];
+			$data['prev'] = [
+				'url'   => $this->ensureQueryParameter($this->baseQueryString . '&page=' . ($this->getPage() - 1)),
+				'text'  => L10n::t('prev'),
+				'class' => $this->getPage() == 1 ? 'disabled' : ''
+			];
+
+			$numpages = $this->itemCount / $this->getItemsPerPage();
+
+			$numstart = 1;
+			$numstop = $numpages;
+
+			// Limit the number of displayed page number buttons.
+			if ($numpages > 8) {
+				$numstart = (($this->getPage() > 4) ? ($this->getPage() - 4) : 1);
+				$numstop = (($this->getPage() > ($numpages - 7)) ? $numpages : ($numstart + 8));
+			}
+
+			$pages = [];
+
+			for ($i = $numstart; $i <= $numstop; $i++) {
+				if ($i == $this->getPage()) {
+					$pages[$i] = [
+						'url'   => '#',
+						'text'  => $i,
+						'class' => 'current active'
+					];
+				} else {
+					$pages[$i] = [
+						'url'   => $this->ensureQueryParameter($this->baseQueryString . '&page=' . $i),
+						'text'  => $i,
+						'class' => 'n'
+					];
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (($this->itemCount % $this->getItemsPerPage()) != 0) {
+				if ($i == $this->getPage()) {
+					$pages[$i] = [
+						'url'   => '#',
+						'text'  => $i,
+						'class' => 'current active'
+					];
+				} else {
+					$pages[$i] = [
+						'url'   => $this->ensureQueryParameter($this->baseQueryString . '&page=' . $i),
+						'text'  => $i,
+						'class' => 'n'
+					];
+				}
+			}
+
+			$data['pages'] = $pages;
+
+			$lastpage = (($numpages > intval($numpages)) ? intval($numpages)+1 : $numpages);
+
+			$data['next'] = [
+				'url'   => $this->ensureQueryParameter($this->baseQueryString . '&page=' . ($this->getPage() + 1)),
+				'text'  => L10n::t('next'),
+				'class' => $this->getPage() == $lastpage ? 'disabled' : ''
+			];
+			$data['last'] = [
+				'url'   => $this->ensureQueryParameter($this->baseQueryString . '&page=' . $lastpage),
+				'text'  => L10n::t('last'),
+				'class' => $this->getPage() == $lastpage ? 'disabled' : ''
+			];
+		}
+
+		$tpl = get_markup_template('paginate.tpl');
+		return replace_macros($tpl, ['pager' => $data]);
+	}
+}