PAGINATION-MAGIC-001

function pagination_item_active($item)

Magic pagination_item_active functions

Joomla 3 templates defined global functions in pagination.php. Joomla 4 removed that hook.

function pagination_item_active($item) → Layout joomla.pagination.link

Dies at Joomla 3 → 4J3: Works nativelyJ4: Removed — fatalJ6: Removed — fatalBC plugin: no — already dead on J4You rewrite thisTemplates

Symptoms people search

pagination looks like unstyled html · pagination_item_active ignored

Replace this code

Swap function pagination_item_active($item) for Layout joomla.pagination.link.

Joomla 3

Remove or stop calling this

function pagination_item_active($item) {
    return '<a href="' . $item->link . '">' . $item->text . '</a>';
}

Joomla 4 / 6

Use this instead

Override layouts/joomla/pagination/link.php in the template html/ folder.

How to fix it

  1. 1Delete the magic functions.
  2. 2Copy Cassiopeia/Atum pagination layouts and edit those.

Also known as

pagination_item_active · pagination_list_render

There is no 1:1 swap for this one. The architecture changed. If you cannot rewrite it, Infyways can.

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