diff --git a/plugins/views/views_php_plugin_pager.inc b/plugins/views/views_php_plugin_pager.inc
index 3a418e9..d96f900 100644
--- a/plugins/views/views_php_plugin_pager.inc
+++ b/plugins/views/views_php_plugin_pager.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class views_php_plugin_pager extends views_php_plugin_wrapper  {
   /**
    * Perform any needed actions just prior to the query executing.
    */
-  public function pre_execute($query) {
+  public function pre_execute(&$query) {
     $this->wrapped->pre_execute($query);
 
     foreach (array(/*'argument',*/ 'field', 'filter', 'sort', /*'relationship'*/) as $type) {
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class views_php_plugin_pager extends views_php_plugin_wrapper  {
 
     $this->wrapped->view->query->set_limit(0);
     $this->wrapped->view->query->set_offset(0);
+    $query->range(0,999999);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ class views_php_plugin_pager extends views_php_plugin_wrapper  {
       }
     }
 
-    $this->wrapped->total_items = count($this->wrapped->view->result);
+    if (!isset($this->wrapped->total_items)) {
+      $this->wrapped->total_items = count($this->wrapped->view->result);
+    }
     $this->wrapped->update_page_info();
 
     $item_per_page = $this->wrapped->get_items_per_page();