[4.4] Pagination fixes part 2

[SniperSister]

Summary of Changes

The 4.4.7 and 5.1.3 security release broke the pagination in com_finder and the com_content archive view. Furthermore, parameters were read from $_REQUEST and not from $_GET.

Testing Instructions

Enable the "Show Sort Fields" setting in the Smart Search menu item (under Advanced).
Then use the ordering fields to change the order, in a result set that has several pages and try to change page.

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

• The ordering field and direction are vanished.

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

• The ordering field and direction are kept.

Link to documentations

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[richard67]

@sakiss PR is ready. Could you test? And if successful, go to the PR in the issue tracker here https://issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/43967 and mark your test result by using the blue "Test this" button at the top left corner? Thanks in advance.

[richard67]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 6d4b67a

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[hans2103]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 6d4b67a

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[richard67]

RTC

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