Codeigniter pagination is not passing the correct link value in url - codeigniter

Question

I have created a pagination in codeigniter, In that I have totally 13 records and i want to display 5 records in each page. When i click on the pagination link number 2,It should pass value 2 in url and it show the next 5 records but I am getting value 5 in url instead of 2.
My controller code:
public function activities($page_num = 1){
$config =array();
$config['base_url'] = base_url().'admin/skills/activities';
$config['per_page'] = 5;
$config['total_rows'] = $this->skill_model->all_activities(0,'',''); // I will get the total count from my model
if(empty($page_num))
$page_num = 1;
$limit_end = ($page_num-1) * $config['per_page']; //end limit
$limit_start = $config['per_page']; // start limit
$this->pagination->first_url = $config['base_url'].'/1';
$this->pagination->initialize($config);
$data['activity_list'] = $this->skill_model->all_activities(1,$limit_start,$limit_end);
}
This is my view code:
<?php echo '<div class="pagination" style="float:right;">'.$this->pagination->create_links().'</div>'; ?>
My Model part:
function all_activities($flag,$limit_start,$limit_end){
$this->db->select('*');
$this->db->from('skills_activities');
//echo $limit_start." ".$limit_end;
if($flag == 1 ){
$this->db->limit($limit_start, $limit_end);
$query = $this->db->get();
return $query->result_array();
} else {
$query = $this->db->get();
return $query->num_rows();
}
}
When i click on pagination link I am getting the following url:
http://192.168.1.97/projects/homecare/admin/skills/activities/5
but I should get:
http://192.168.1.97/projects/homecare/admin/skills/activities/2
I don't know where i have done a mistake.
can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

$config['use_page_numbers'] = true;
This will produce page number in the url instead of record number. By default its false.
So you controller will look like this
public function activities($page_num = 1)
{
$config =array();
$config['base_url'] = base_url().'admin/skills/activities';
$config['per_page'] = 5;
$config['use_page_numbers'] = true;//you missed this line
$config['total_rows'] = $this->skill_model->all_activities(0,'',''); // I will get the total count from my model
if(empty($page_num)) $page_num = 1;
$limit_end = ($page_num-1) * $config['per_page']; //end limit
$limit_start = $config['per_page']; // start limit
$this->pagination->first_url = $config['base_url'].'/1';
$this->pagination->initialize($config);