custom paginator view used in blog post http://zrashwani.com/pagination-optimization-symfony2-doctrine

paginator.html.twig

{% set first = 1%}
{% set previous = max(range(1, current-1)) %}
{% set last = pagesNumber %}
{% set next = min( last, current+1 ) %}
{% set pages_range = range(max(first, current-3), min(last, current+3)) %}

{% if pagesNumber > 1 %}
    {%set first = 1 %}
    {%set last = pagesNumber %}
    {%set query= {} %}
    {%set pageParameterName = 'page' %}

<div class="pagination">
    {% if first is defined and current != first %}
        <span class="first">
            <a href="{{ path(route, query|merge({(pageParameterName): first})) }}">&lt;&lt;</a>
        </span>
    {% endif %}

    {% if previous is defined and previous != 0 %}
        <span class="previous">
            <a href="{{ path(route, query|merge({(pageParameterName): previous})) }}">&lt;</a>
        </span>
    {% endif %}

    {% for page in pages_range %}
        {% if page != current %}
            <span class="page">
                <a href="{{ path(route, query|merge({(pageParameterName): page})) }}">{{ page }}</a>
            </span>
        {% else %}
            <span class="current">{{ page }}</span>
        {% endif %}

    {% endfor %}

            
    {% if next is defined %}
        <span class="next">
            <a href="{{ path(route, query|merge({(pageParameterName): next})) }}">&gt;</a>
        </span>
    {% endif %}

    {% if last is defined and current != last %}
        <span class="last">
            <a href="{{ path(route, query|merge({(pageParameterName): last})) }}">&gt;&gt;</a>
        </span>
    {% endif %}
</div>
{% endif %}