[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
Depends on how you want to display the $i items in the row. Maybe post the HTML code you're trying to achieve.
If you pass an array or discrete parameters to the add row method, you'll get a respective number of columns in that row:
Code:
$this->table->add_row(array('Fred', 'Blue', 'Small'));
I'm also not sure how pagination comes into play with the HTML Table Class