Searching and Filtering in CodeIgniter

Searching and Filtering in CodeIgniter — a practical guide to CodeIgniter search filter with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Read `q` from the request and apply `like` / `where` conditions before pagination.

Search + paginate

$q = $this->request->getGet('q');
$model = new AppModelsPostModel();
if ($q) {
    $model->like('title', $q);
}
$data['posts'] = $model->paginate(10);
$data['pager'] = $model->pager;
$data['q'] = $q;