Manually apply a fix submitted via PR bcit-ci#2012, bcit-ci#2016

system/libraries/Pagination.php

@@ -460,13 +460,15 @@ public function create_links()
 			// Unset the controll, method, old-school routing options
 			unset($get['c'], $get['m'], $get[$this->query_string_segment]);
 
-			if ( ! $get) $get = array();
-
-			// Put everything else onto the end
-			$query_string = (strpos($this->base_url, '&') !== FALSE ? '&' : '?') . http_build_query($get, '', '&');
+			if ( ! empty($get))
+			{
+				// Put everything else onto the end
+				$query_string = (strpos($this->base_url, '?') !== FALSE ? '&' : '?')
+						.http_build_query($get, '', '&');
 
-			// Add this after the suffix to put it into more links easily
-			$this->suffix .= $query_string;
+				// Add this after the suffix to put it into more links easily
+				$this->suffix .= $query_string;
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Render the "First" link