Codeigniter Pagination

ci-pagination.php

<?php
// new pagination here
$this->load->library('pagination');
$total_records = count($total);
$paging_config['base_url'] = base_url(uri_string()).'?sort='.$sort;
$paging_config['total_rows'] = $total_records;
$paging_config['per_page'] = 24;
$paging_config['num_links'] = 5;
$paging_config['page_query_string'] = TRUE;
$paging_config['use_page_numbers'] = TRUE;
$paging_config['query_string_segment'] = 'page';
$paging_config['first_link'] = '&laquo; First';
$paging_config['first_tag_open'] = '<li class="first-page">';
$paging_config['first_tag_close'] = '</li>';
$paging_config['last_link'] = 'Last &raquo;';
$paging_config['last_tag_open'] = '<li class="last-page">';
$paging_config['last_tag_close'] = '</li>';
//For PREVIOUS PAGE Setup
$paging_config['prev_link'] = '&lt; Prev';
$paging_config['prev_tag_open'] = '<li class="prev-page">';
$paging_config['prev_tag_close'] = '</li>';

//For NEXT PAGE Setup
$paging_config['next_link'] = 'Next &gt;';
$paging_config['next_tag_open'] = '<li class="next-page">';
$paging_config['next_tag_close'] = '</li>';

$this->pagination->initialize($paging_config);

$this->data['new_pagination'] = $this->pagination->create_links();

?>