When you have a view that has a lot of results, you could improve usability by showing how many total results there are and how many are being shown on the current page. Similar to this:
Displaying ### - ### of ### resultsI created a function that accepts two arguments: the view name and the view's display_id (default, block, page, etc). The function loads the view, executes it, and calculates these numbers for you.
<?php
function _MYMODULE_view_totals($viewName, $display_id = 'default') {
// load viewobject
$view = views_get_view($viewName);
// ensure view exists
if (!$view) return;
// set object property to return total rows
$view->get_total_rows = true;
// set display_id
$view->set_display($display_id);
// execute view
$view->execute();
// acquire data from views object and $_REQUEST
$itemsPerPage = $view->pager['items_per_page'];
$currentPage = $_REQUEST['page']+1;
$total = $view->total_rows;
// start calculation
$start = 10*$currentPage-9;
$end = $itemsPerPage * $currentPage;
if ($end>$total) $end = $total;
// return html
return "Displaying $start - $end of $total";
}
?>There are a few places you can insert this code. I decided to put it directing in my view, right after my exposed filters. To do that, I created a new file in my theme called: "views-view--MYVIEWNAME--page.tpl.php", and used the "Theme Information" section on the edit view screen to populate it with the default html & PHP. I searched for the code that inserts the exposed filters ($exposed), and inserted the following:
<?php
if (function_exists('_MYMODULE_view_totals')) {
$viewTotals = _MYMODULE_view_totals('MYVIEWNAME', $display_id = 'page_1');
if ($viewTotals) {
print "<div class='MYTHEME_views_totals'>$viewTotals</div>";
}
}
?>I enclosed it in a div with a class name so I could adjust the CSS as necessary.
