Add css class to Pagination?

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You can do what you are trying to do – add a CSS class selector to an HTML div tag, but you are mixing HTML and PHP code incorrectly. In order to do this correctly, you need to use the PHP opening/closing tags accordingly, such as:

?>
<div class="col-lg-12">
<?php
   echo paginate_links( array(
        'total'   => $total_pages,
        'current' => $current_page,
    ) );
?>
</div>
<?php

Alternatively, you could also do it like this (no need for the PHP opening/closing tags):

echo '<div class="col-lg-12">';
   echo paginate_links( array(
        'total'   => $total_pages,
        'current' => $current_page,
    ) );
echo '</div>';