Beyond Next, Previous, Filtering and Sorting: Build Performant Paginated Interfaces in Symfony 7 with KnpPaginator

Pagination. It’s the unsung hero of user experience. Without it, even the most elegant Symfony app can feel like a data dump. Whether you’re showing a list of users, blog posts, products, or orders, nobody wants to scroll endlessly through thousands of items on a single page. That’s where KnpPaginatorBundle comes in — and trust me, it does more than just split your data.

But here’s the thing: most developers stop at the basics. They install the bundle, paginate a Doctrine query, and call it a day.

This article isn’t about the basics. Let’s explore together different use cases explaining dynamic filters, AJAX, Twig hacks, paginating APIs, and performance tricks — all baked right into a Symfony 7 application.

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🛠️The KNP Paginator features

Here are the KnpPaginator component main features:

• ✔️Pagination of Various Data Sources: Supports pagination for Doctrine ORM (Object-Relational Mapper) query builders, Doctrine MongoDB ODM (Object Document Mapper) query builders, arrays, and custom data sources through adapters.