code igniter pagination with sort options - sorting

Question

I'm not sure if what I'm about to ask is possible or not.. I'm thinking probably not but I thought I would ask anyways.
Is there any way to reset the pagination?
I've got a page with has pagination and sort option on it. Everything works fine but when one of the sort options is changed I would like to send the user back to the first page.
(I'm pretty sure the way I'm doing this isn't at all the best way to get the result I want so if you have any suggestions for improvements please feel free.)
$array = explode ("_",$this->uri->segment(4));
if(count($array) > 1){
$search_id = $array[1];
$start = $this->uri->segment(5);
$uri_segment = 5;
}else{
$start = $this->uri->segment(4);
$uri_segment = 4;
$search_id = null;
}
$config['per_page'] = $this->settings['PRODUCTS_PER_PAGE'];
$config['total_rows'] = $this->categories_model->get_num_rows($cat_id , $search_type, $search_data);
$query = $this->categories_model->get_category_pages($cat_id, $new_limit, $new_sort, $search_id, $start, $this->settings['CATEGORY_ORDER'], $search_type, $search_data, $config['total_rows']))
$config['base_url'] = base_url() . 'index.php/categories/view/' . $cat_id ."/" . $search_string ;
$config['uri_segment'] = $uri_segment;
//Congig settings for pagination
$config['full_tag_open'] = '<div id="pagination" style= "clear:both;">';
$config['full_tag_close'] = '</div>';
//Initialise pagination
$this->pagination->initialize($config);

Answer 1

you may keep a default sorting in controller which will not show in url.so sorting will not back to the first page.
a sample
class Post extends Jewelery_Controller {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$this->load->model('Prime_model');
}
public function index($ordr_by = 'post_title', $sortr = 'ASC') {
if ($this->uri->segment(6)) {
$data['segment'] = $this->uri->segment(6);
} else {
$data['segment'] = 0;
}
if ($this->uri->segment(4)) {
$ordr_by = $this->uri->segment(4);
}
if ($this->uri->segment(5)) {
$sortr = $this->uri->segment(5);
}
$data['title'] = 'All Posts';
$this->load->library('pagination');
$config['base_url'] = base_url() . 'admin/post/index/' . $ordr_by . '/' . $sortr;
$config['full_tag_open'] = '<div class="pagination"><ul>';
$config['full_tag_close'] = '</ul></div>';
$config['cur_tag_open'] = '<li class="active"><a href="">';
$config['cur_tag_close'] = '</a></li>';
$config['prev_tag_open'] = '<li>';
$config['prev_tag_close'] = '</li>';
$config['next_tag_open'] = '<li>';
$config['next_tag_close'] = '</li>';
$config['num_tag_open'] = '<li>';
$config['num_tag_close'] = '</li>';
$config['uri_segment'] = 6;
$config['total_rows'] = $this->db->get('jewel_posts')->num_rows();
$config['per_page'] = 10;
$this->pagination->initialize($config);
$data['post_info'] = $this->Prime_model->master_join('jewel_posts', 'jewel_jewelry_type', 'jewel_posts.jewelry_type = jewel_jewelry_type.jewelry_type_id', 'left', FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, $ordr_by, $sortr, $config['per_page'], $data['segment']);
$this->load->view('admin/header', $data);
$this->load->view('admin/post/index');
$this->load->view('admin/footer');
}