BuddyPress

In a forum, I would like to have a list of the pages in each topic next to the link to it. That way users can jump into the last page of a topic if they wish without having to go through the first page.

In topic.php (groups/single/forum) the pagination is created using:

<?php bp_the_topic_pagination() ?>

Is there a way to make this work in forums-loop.php to create the result I’m trying to achieve?

Am still trying to find out how to do this. I’ve had a look at various themes and not found one that has it.

Can anyone at least tell if it’s possible to do this with Buddypress?

I still can’t figure out how or if this is possible – can anyone help?

Anything’s possible

You won’t be able to do it with bp_the_topic_pagination() because that function requires that you are inside of a single topic loop, which you’re not.

Try something like:

global $forum_template;

	$per_page = 5;
	$total_posts = $forum_template->topic->topic_posts;

	$pag_links = paginate_links( array(
		'base'      => add_query_arg( array( 'topic_page' => '%#%', 'num' => (int) $per_page ), bp_get_the_topic_permalink() ),
		'format'    => '',
		'total'     => ceil( (int) $total_posts / (int) $per_page ),
		'mid_size'  => 1
	) );
	echo $pag_links;

@boonebgorges Thanks for the reply!

I’m not quite sure how to use your solution, though. is it something that goes in functions.php? If so, how do I then use it in the theme?

If you want to use it in a theme, try putting it in a function wrapper and then calling that function in your template. In functions.php:

function bbg_forum_pag() {
        global $forum_template;

	$per_page = 5;
	$total_posts = $forum_template->topic->topic_posts;

	$pag_links = paginate_links( array(
		'base'      => add_query_arg( array( 'topic_page' => '%#%', 'num' => (int) $per_page ), bp_get_the_topic_permalink() ),
		'format'    => '',
		'total'     => ceil( (int) $total_posts / (int) $per_page ),
		'mid_size'  => 1
	) );
	echo $pag_links;
}

Then in your template:
<?php bbg_forum_pag() ?>

@boonebgorges Works perfectly – thanks very much!