For me, best and simplest way, Bootply http://www.bootply.com/lxa0FF9yhw#
First include Bootstrap to your project
Then include javascript file in which you write this code:
$.fn.pageMe = function(opts){
var $this = this,
defaults = {
perPage: 7,
showPrevNext: false,
hidePageNumbers: false
},
settings = $.extend(defaults, opts);
var listElement = $this;
var perPage = settings.perPage;
var children = listElement.children();
var pager = $('.pager');
if (typeof settings.childSelector!="undefined") {
children = listElement.find(settings.childSelector);
}
if (typeof settings.pagerSelector!="undefined") {
pager = $(settings.pagerSelector);
}
var numItems = children.size();
var numPages = Math.ceil(numItems/perPage);
pager.data("curr",0);
if (settings.showPrevNext){
$('<li><a href="#" class="prev_link">«</a></li>').appendTo(pager);
}
var curr = 0;
while(numPages > curr && (settings.hidePageNumbers==false)){
$('<li><a href="#" class="page_link">'+(curr+1)+'</a></li>').appendTo(pager);
curr++;
}
if (settings.showPrevNext){
$('<li><a href="#" class="next_link">»</a></li>').appendTo(pager);
}
pager.find('.page_link:first').addClass('active');
pager.find('.prev_link').hide();
if (numPages<=1) {
pager.find('.next_link').hide();
}
pager.children().eq(1).addClass("active");
children.hide();
children.slice(0, perPage).show();
pager.find('li .page_link').click(function(){
var clickedPage = $(this).html().valueOf()-1;
goTo(clickedPage,perPage);
return false;
});
pager.find('li .prev_link').click(function(){
previous();
return false;
});
pager.find('li .next_link').click(function(){
next();
return false;
});
function previous(){
var goToPage = parseInt(pager.data("curr")) - 1;
goTo(goToPage);
}
function next(){
goToPage = parseInt(pager.data("curr")) + 1;
goTo(goToPage);
}
function goTo(page){
var startAt = page * perPage,
endOn = startAt + perPage;
children.css('display','none').slice(startAt, endOn).show();
if (page>=1) {
pager.find('.prev_link').show();
}
else {
pager.find('.prev_link').hide();
}
if (page<(numPages-1)) {
pager.find('.next_link').show();
}
else {
pager.find('.next_link').hide();
}
pager.data("curr",page);
pager.children().removeClass("active");
pager.children().eq(page+1).addClass("active");
}
};
You need to give an id to the tbody of your table and to add a 'div' after the table for the pagination
<table class="table" id="myTable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>...</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="myTableBody">
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="col-md-12 text-center">
<ul class="pagination pagination-lg pager" id="myPager"></ul>
</div>
When your table's data is loaded, just call this
$('#myTableBody').pageMe({pagerSelector:'#myPager',showPrevNext:true,hidePageNumbers:false,perPage:4});
where the 'perPage' value is to set how many elements per page you want to have.