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    Serial Numbers (item counts) in GridView
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    serial number, grid items count
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    [...]
```php
Yii::import('zii.widgets.grid.CGridColumn');
 
class CounterColumn extends CGridColumn {
 
 
}[...]
We need to set starter value for the counter so, we have
 
```php
private $i = 0;
    public function init()
 
{
        $pager=$this->grid->dataProvider->pagination;
        if($pager->currentPage==0)
 {
        
    $this->i=0;
    
    }
 else
 {
            $this->i=$pager->currentPage*$pager->pageSize;
    
    }
 
        
 
    }
 
}
```
We need to use display the value, so we have 
 
```php
public function renderDataCellContent($row, $data)
 { 
 {
        $this->i++;
 
 
        echo $this->i;
    }
```[...]
Yii::import('zii.widgets.grid.CGridColumn');
 
class CounterColumn extends CGridColumn {
 {
    private $i = 0;
    public function init()
 
    {
        $pager=$this->grid->dataProvider->pagination;
        if($pager->currentPage==0)
 {
            $this->i=0;
        }
 else
 {
            $this->i=$pager->currentPage*$pager->pageSize;
        }
        
 
    }
    public function renderDataCellContent($row, $data)
 { // $row number is ignored
    { 
        $this->i++;
 
 
        echo $this->i;
    }
}[...]
```php
$this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
	    'id'=>'categories-grid',
	    'dataProvider'=>$model->search(),
	    'filter'=>$model,
	    'columns'=>array(
		        array(
            
        'header'=>'Sr #',
                    'class'=>'CounterColumn'
        
),
 
        ),
 
		'id',
        
        'name',
		array(
 
            array(
 
            'header'=>'Actions',
			            'class'=>'CButtonColumn',
                )
 
)); 
```