Helper function for paginating with native doctrine 2.2 class

doctrine_native_pagination.php

<?php

function paginate(Doctrine\ORM\Query $query, $page, $limit, $fetchJoinCollection = true)
{
    // If we don't have a page just return the result
    if( ! $page && ! $limit)
    {
        return $query->getResult();
    }

    $offset = ($page * $limit) - $limit;

    $query->setFirstResult($offset);
    $query->setMaxResults($limit);

    $paginator = new Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Pagination\Paginator($query, $fetchJoinCollection);

    // Num results
    $count = $paginator->count();

    $pagination_info = array(
        'total' => (int) $count,
        'current_page' => (int) $page,
        'total_pages' => (int) ceil($count / $limit)
    );

    return array(
        'result' => $paginator, // could just return $paginator->getIterator()
        'meta' => $pagination_info
    );
}