PHP - Pagination Script Need Help

Hey guys,   I'm using the following pagination script from a website I found. I'ts basically a pagination script that takes data from a MySQL database and displays a certain number of sets before placing the next set on a new page.   This script works great if I substitute a static value for the data I want returned but If the request is stored in a $POST variable like from an HTML form the data refuses to paginate. It will render the first set of data but will not paginate the rest and only shows blank pages   I'm thinking it has something to do with the $POST variable not being set or carrying over to each page but I'm not sure.   I truly appreciate the help!

<?php
	/*
		Place code to connect to your DB here.
	*/
	include('config.php');	// include your code to connect to DB.

	$tbl_name="";		//your table name
	// How many adjacent pages should be shown on each side?
	$adjacents = 3;
	
	/* 
	   First get total number of rows in data table. 
	   If you have a WHERE clause in your query, make sure you mirror it here.
	*/
	$query = "SELECT COUNT(*) as num FROM $tbl_name";
	$total_pages = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($query));
	$total_pages = $total_pages[num];
	
	/* Setup vars for query. */
	$targetpage = "filename.php"; 	//your file name  (the name of this file)
	$limit = 2; 								//how many items to show per page
	$page = $_GET['page'];
	if($page) 
		$start = ($page - 1) * $limit; 			//first item to display on this page
	else
		$start = 0;								//if no page var is given, set start to 0
	
	/* Get data. */
	$sql = "SELECT column_name FROM $tbl_name LIMIT $start, $limit";
	$result = mysql_query($sql);
	
	/* Setup page vars for display. */
	if ($page == 0) $page = 1;					//if no page var is given, default to 1.
	$prev = $page - 1;							//previous page is page - 1
	$next = $page + 1;							//next page is page + 1
	$lastpage = ceil($total_pages/$limit);		//lastpage is = total pages / items per page, rounded up.
	$lpm1 = $lastpage - 1;						//last page minus 1
	
	/* 
		Now we apply our rules and draw the pagination object. 
		We're actually saving the code to a variable in case we want to draw it more than once.
	*/
	$pagination = "";
	if($lastpage > 1)
	{	
		$pagination .= "<div class=\"pagination\">";
		//previous button
		if ($page > 1) 
			$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$prev\">� previous</a>";
		else
			$pagination.= "<span class=\"disabled\">� previous</span>";	
		
		//pages	
		if ($lastpage < 7 + ($adjacents * 2))	//not enough pages to bother breaking it up
		{	
			for ($counter = 1; $counter <= $lastpage; $counter++)
			{
				if ($counter == $page)
					$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
				else
					$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";					
			}
		}
		elseif($lastpage > 5 + ($adjacents * 2))	//enough pages to hide some
		{
			//close to beginning; only hide later pages
			if($page < 1 + ($adjacents * 2))		
			{
				for ($counter = 1; $counter < 4 + ($adjacents * 2); $counter++)
				{
					if ($counter == $page)
						$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
					else
						$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";					
				}
				$pagination.= "...";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lpm1\">$lpm1</a>";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lastpage\">$lastpage</a>";		
			}
			//in middle; hide some front and some back
			elseif($lastpage - ($adjacents * 2) > $page && $page > ($adjacents * 2))
			{
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=1\">1</a>";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=2\">2</a>";
				$pagination.= "...";
				for ($counter = $page - $adjacents; $counter <= $page + $adjacents; $counter++)
				{
					if ($counter == $page)
						$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
					else
						$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";					
				}
				$pagination.= "...";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lpm1\">$lpm1</a>";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lastpage\">$lastpage</a>";		
			}
			//close to end; only hide early pages
			else
			{
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=1\">1</a>";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=2\">2</a>";
				$pagination.= "...";
				for ($counter = $lastpage - (2 + ($adjacents * 2)); $counter <= $lastpage; $counter++)
				{
					if ($counter == $page)
						$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
					else
						$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";					
				}
			}
		}
		
		//next button
		if ($page < $counter - 1) 
			$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$next\">next �</a>";
		else
			$pagination.= "<span class=\"disabled\">next �</span>";
		$pagination.= "</div>\n";		
	}
?>

	<?php
		while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
		{
	
		// Your while loop here
	
		}
	?>

<?=$pagination?>
	

I can't get my head around it, no matter how many tutorials I read..
So would anyone be able to put this code into a pagination of 3 per page?

Many Thanks

Code: [Select]
<?php
if(!$_GET['id']) {
$query = "SELECT * FROM news where published = '1' ORDER by id DESC";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
$news = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
?>
<?php do { ?>
<table width="590" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2"><h2><? echo $news['title']; ?></h2></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="398"><? echo $news['story']; ?></td>
    <td width="192"><img src="<? echo $news['image']; ?>" alt="<? echo $news['shortstory']; ?>" width="192" height="108" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2"><i><br />
    Posted by <? echo $news['author']; ?> on <? echo $news['date']; ?></i></td>
  </tr>
</table><br />
<?php } while ($news = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)); 
}
?>

Hi guys,

I have a question about pagination. It's not really about the coding side so I'm really sorry if this is the wrong section!

Ok my question is, does pagination actually create multiple pages? I'm really new to PHP and I'm just reading through different things and tutorials to try and figure it out if you will.


So does it create new pages? From my understanding it simply changes a variable to a page number and uses that page number (and simple matH) to figure out what rows to show. If this is the case, how do people use pagination to create links such as http://example.com/imnooby/page-1
http://example.com/imnooby/page-2
http://example.com/imnooby/page-3

Surely if this was all just one page, it would just be http://example.com/imnooby/page and the variable would change depending on the button, but the same page would be reloaded?

This is the part that's really bugging me and any explanation would really help.

I need a little help trying to figure this out.

I have a page that pulls up data, you can then click on one and go to a page with more detail. On this page you can use the PRrev & Next to go view another detail page on other data. My problem is if my 1st page has 6 sets of data on it but has a total of, say 50, you can only use the Prev & Next to view the 6. I want to be able to use the Prev & Next to go thru all 50.

ie
Page1 pulls this info
data1 data2 data3 data4 data5 data6 < << 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 > >> 


Page2

Data 1
Lots of info about data 1

< Prev  Next >

You will only be able to view the 6 data sets in the table above, however there are 50 I want to be able to use
the < Prev  Next > to go to all of them


Can someone help me with this?

here is my code
Page1
<?php
  session_start();

  // session timing
  // set timeout period in seconds
  $inactive = 120;

  // check to see if $_SESSION['timeout'] is set
    if(isset($_SESSION['timeout']) ) {
      $session_life = time() - $_SESSION['timeout'];
        if($session_life > $inactive)  {
          session_destroy(); }
    }

    $_SESSION['timeout'] = time();

  // END session timing

  include('library/login.php');
  login();
  mysql_select_db('test');
   

  // sets the sessions for all values
  $_SESSION=array_merge($_SESSION,$_POST);
  
    // echoing to verify
  $gender=$_SESSION[gender];
  $genderPref=$_SESSION[genderPref];
    echo "Chossen Gender".$_SESSION['gender'];
    echo "<br><Br>";
    echo "GenderPref".$_SESSION['genderPref'];
    echo "<br><Br>";
    
    

  // if the user has been timed out or not logged in
  if (!isset($_SESSION['clientID'])){
    echo "You are not a register user - set this to a simple search form";
    echo "<br><a href='form.php'>Form</a>";
  }

  // user is logged in
  else {
    $clientID = $_SESSION['clientID'];

    $sql="SELECT * FROM user WHERE userID='$clientID'";
    $result=mysql_query($sql);

    while ($r=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
      $exp_date=$r["exp_date"];
      $todays_date=date("Y-m-d");
    }

  // verifies billing
  if ($exp_date >= $todays_date) {

    // billing is up to date
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE gender='$gender'") or die(mysql_error());

// ------ Sets the display of data ------
      $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);

      // number of rows to show per page
      $rowsperpage = 8;

      // find out total pages
      $totalpages = ceil($num_rows / $rowsperpage);

      // get the current page or set a default
      if (isset($_GET['currentpage']) && is_numeric($_GET['currentpage'])) {
        // cast var as int
        $currentpage = (int) $_GET['currentpage'];  }
      else {
        // default page num
        $currentpage = 1; } // end if

      // if current page is greater than total pages...
      if ($currentpage > $totalpages) {
        // set current page to last page
        $currentpage = $totalpages; } // end if

      // if current page is less than first page...
        if ($currentpage < 1) {
          // set current page to first page
          $currentpage = 1; } // end if

          // the offset of the list, based on current page
          $offset = ($currentpage - 1) * $rowsperpage;



  $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE gender='$gender' LIMIT $offset, $rowsperpage")or  die(mysql_error());
    $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
    if ($num_rows == 0){
      echo "<div id='noResults'><span class='sorry'>Sorry</span>, no results found. <br> Please try again with broader search options.</div>"; }
    else {
      // format for search results
      $cells_wide = 2;
      echo " <table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='3' border='0' width='700'><tr> ";
      $c = 0;

      while ($r=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
        $userID=$r["userID"];
        $gender=$r["gender"];
        $aUserIDs[] = $userID;

          if (0 < $c && 0 == $c % $cells_wide){
            echo " </tr><tr> "; }
            echo " <td width=175> ";
            echo "<a href='profileSession.php?userID=$r[userID]'>$userID</a>, $gender</td>";
            $c++;
          } // end of while
          echo " </tr>";
          echo " </table> ";
    }
// -------- BUILD THE PAGINATION LINKS --------------------------------

    $_SESSION['userID']=$aUserIDs;
    $_SESSION['userID2']=$aUserIDs2;
    echo "<div id='navigation'>";

    // range of num links to show
    $range = 3;

    // if not on page 1, show back links
    if ($currentpage > 1) {
      // show << link to go back to page 1
      echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?currentpage=1&gender=$genderPref&genderPref=$gender&ageMin=$ageMin&ageMax=$ageMax&year1=$year1&year2=$year2'>&lsaquo;&lsaquo; </a> ";

      // get previous page num
      $prevpage = $currentpage - 1;

      // show < link to go back to 1 page
      echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?currentpage=$prevpage&gender=$genderPref&genderPref=$gender&ageMin=$ageMin&ageMax=$ageMax&year1=$year1&year2=$year2'> &lsaquo; </a> ";
    } // END if ($currentpage > 1)

    // loop to show links to range of pages around current page
    for ($x = ($currentpage - $range); $x < (($currentpage + $range) + 1); $x++) {
      // if it's a valid page number...
      if (($x > 0) && ($x <= $totalpages)) {
        // if we're on current page...
        if ($totalpages == 1) {
          echo "";  }
        else{
          if ($x == $currentpage) {
            // 'highlight' it but don't make a link
            echo " [<b>$x</b>] ";
            // if not current page...
          } // END if ($x == $currentpage)
          else {
            // make it a link
            echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?currentpage=$x&gender=$genderPref&genderPref=$gender&ageMin=$ageMin&ageMax=$ageMax&year1=$year1&year2=$year2'>$x</a> ";
          } // END else
        } // END else
      } // END if (($x > 0) && ($x <= $totalpages))
    } // END for loop

    // if not on last page, show forward and last page links
    if ($totalpages == 0) {
      echo "";  }
    else{
      if ($currentpage != $totalpages) {
        // get next page
        $nextpage = $currentpage + 1;

        // echo forward link for next page
        echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?currentpage=$nextpage&gender=$genderPref&genderPref=$gender&ageMin=$ageMin&ageMax=$ageMax&year1=$year1&year2=$year2'> &rsaquo; </a> ";

        // echo forward link for lastpage
        echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?currentpage=$totalpages&gender=$genderPref&genderPref=$gender&ageMin=$ageMin&ageMax=$ageMax&year1=$year1&year2=$year2'>&rsaquo;&rsaquo; </a> ";
      } // END if ($currentpage != $totalpages)
    }// END else
echo "<br>currentpage=$currentpage&gender=$genderPref&genderPref=$gender&ageMin=$ageMin&ageMax=$ageMax&year1=$year1&year2=$year2";

$link='currentpage=';
$link1='&gender=';
$link2='&genderPref=';
$link3='&ageMin=';
$link4='&ageMax=';
$link5='&year1=';
$link6='&year2=';
$total=$link.$currentpage.$link1.$genderPref.$link2.$gender.$link3.$ageMin.$link4.$ageMax.$link5.$year1.$link6.$year2;
$_SESSION['pages']=$total;
echo "<br>$total";

// -------- END PAGINATION --------------------------------------------
    
  } // END if ($exp_date >= $todays_date)
  else  {
    // billing has expired
    echo "Billing has expired<br>";
    echo $_SESSION['clientID'];

    echo "<br><a href='session2.php'>Sesssion2</a>";
    echo "<br><a href='form.php'>Form</a>";
  }


  } // END valid session

?>


Page2
<?php
  session_start(); // start up your PHP session!

  include('library/login.php');
  login();
  mysql_select_db('test');

  $userID=$_GET["userID"];
  $link=$_SESSION['pages'];

  // Sends back to display page
  echo "<a href='searchSession.php?$link' title='Back to Search'>Back to Search</a>&nbsp;";

  // sets the Prev & Next
  $aUsers = isset($_SESSION['userID']) ? $_SESSION['userID'] : array();

  $current = $userID; // Ok our current.
  $iCurKey = array_search($current, $aUsers);

  $prev = null;
  $next = null;

  if ($iCurKey !== false){
    $prev = $iCurKey >= 1 ? $aUsers[$iCurKey - 1] : null;
    $next = $iCurKey < count($aUsers) - 1 ? $aUsers[$iCurKey + 1] : null;
  }

  // Lets do this simple.
  if ($prev !== null){
    echo '&nbsp;<A href="?userID=' . $prev . '">&laquo; Previous</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;';
  }
  else{
    echo "&nbsp;<span class='empty'>&laquo; Previous</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;";
  }

  if ($next !== null){
    echo '<A class=right href="?userID=' . $next . '">Next &raquo;</A>&nbsp;';
  }
  else{
    echo "<span class='empty'>&nbsp;Next &raquo;</span>";
  }
  // END of the Prev & Next

  $result = mysql_query("SELECT userID, first_name, gender
    FROM user
    WHERE userID='$userID'") or die(mysql_error());

  while ($r=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    $userID=$r["userID"];
    $first_name=$r["first_name"];
    $gender=$r["gender"];
  }

  echo "<br>$userID, $first_name, $gender";

?>

Is there a way of doing pagination other than going through the whole big file, like:

Code: [Select]
$limit = "LIMIT 0, 30";
if ($_GET['page'] == 2) {
$limit = "LIMIT 30, 30";
}
$sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE blah = 'blah' $limit";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
But is there a way to do this without having to write an if statement for each page without getting to extensive? Thanks!

hi ive simple code. but i would need help how to do pagination. ive followed one tutorial and ive code.but i really dont know how to connect these.or if its even possible to connect.

heres the index.php file

Code: [Select]
<?php

include '_class/cms_class.php';

$obj = new modernCMS();

$obj->host =  'localhost';
$obj->username =  'root';
$obj->password =  'root';
$obj->db =  'modernCMS';

$obj->connect();

?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">

</head>

<body>

<div id="page-wrap">
<?php 

if(isset($_GET['id'])):
$obj->get_content($_GET['id']);
else:
$obj->get_content();
endif;

?>
</div>
</body>
</html>
cms_class.php
Code: [Select]
<?php 

class modernCMS {

var $host;
var $username;
var $password;
var $db;

function connect() {
$con = mysql_connect($this->host, $this->username, $this->password) or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($this->db, $con) or die(mysql_error());
}



function get_content($id = '') {

if($id != ""):
$id = mysql_real_escape_string($id);
$sql = "SELECT * FROM cms_content WHERE id = '$id'";

else:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM cms_content ORDER BY id DESC";
endif;

$res = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res)) {
echo '<h1><a href="index.php?id=' . $row['id'] . '">' . $row['title'] . '</a></h1>';
echo '<p>' . $row['body'] . '</p>';
}


}



} 

?>
Heres the pagination code ihave
Code: [Select]
<?php

include 'db.inc.php';
$per_page = 2;



$pages_query = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(`id`) FROM `cms_content`");
$pages = ceil(mysql_result($pages_query, 0) / $per_page);

$page = (isset($_GET['page'])) ? (int)$_GET['page'] : 1;
$start = ($page - 1) * $per_page;

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `cms_content` LIMIT $start, $per_page");
while ($query_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) {

echo '<p>', $query_row['title']   ,'</p>';
echo '<p>', $query_row['body']   ,'</p>';


}

if ($pages >=1 && $page <= $pages) {

for ($x=1; $x<=$pages; $x++) {
echo ($x == $page) ? '<strong><a href="?page=' .$x. '">' .$x. '</a></strong>  ' : '<a href="?page=' .$x. '">' .$x. '</a> ';


}


}

?>
thanks.

<?php
require_once('upper.php');

// Connects to your Database
require_once('database.php');
//This checks to see if there is a page number. If not, it will set it to page 1
if (!(isset($pagenum)))
{
$pagenum = 1;
}

//Here we count the number of results
//Edit $data to be your query

$query = "SELECT * FROM events";
$result = mysqli_query($dbc,$query) or die('Not');
$rows = mysqli_num_rows($result);

//This is the number of results displayed per page
$page_rows = 2;

//This tells us the page number of our last page
$last = ceil($rows/$page_rows);

//this makes sure the page number isn't below one, or more than our maximum pages
if ($pagenum < 1)
{
$pagenum = 1;
}
elseif ($pagenum > $last)
{
$pagenum = $last;
}

//This sets range that we will display in our query
$max = 'limit ' .($pagenum - 1) * $page_rows .',' .$page_rows;

//This is your query again, the same one... the only difference is we add $max into it
$result = mysqli_query($dbc,"SELECT * FROM events $max") or die('Not');

//This is where you display your query results
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array( $result))
{
$Title=$row['Title'];
$City=$row['City'];
$Content=$row['Content'];
//$Photo=$row['Photo'];
$Date=$row['Date'];
$EventId=$row['EventId'];
$Photo=$row['Photo'];
//echo $Photo;

echo "<div><table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='389'>
<tr>
<td><img src='images/events_2.png' width='389' height='10'></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td background='images/events_2_bg.png'>
<table border='0' cellspacing='0' width='359'>
<tr>

<td>
<tr>
<table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' >
<tr>
<td rowspan='3'><img src='$Photo' width='80' height='60'></td>
<td align='left' valign='top' width='180'>$City</td>
<td align='left' valign='top'>$Date</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td colspan='3' align='left' valign='top'>$Title</td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='2'><a href='KnowMore.php?EventId=".$row['EventId']."'>Know more </a> / <a href='EventParticipator.php?EventId=".$row['EventId']."'>click here to participate</a></td>
</tr>

</table>
</tr>

</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><img src='images/events_2_bottom.png' width='389' height='10' ></td>
</tr>

</table></div>";

}


echo "<p>";

// This shows the user what page they are on, and the total number of pages
echo " --Page $pagenum of $last-- <p>";

// First we check if we are on page one. If we are then we don't need a link to the previous page or the first page so we do nothing. If we aren't then we generate links to the first page, and to the previous page.
if ($pagenum == 1)
{
}
else
{
echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['pagination.php']}?pagenum=1'> <<-First</a> ";
echo " ";
$previous = $pagenum-1;
echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['page_test.php']}?pagenum=$previous'> <-Previous</a> ";
}
echo $PHP_SELF;


//just a spacer
echo " ---- ";

//This does the same as above, only checking if we are on the last page, and then generating the Next and Last links
if ($pagenum == $last)
{
}
else {
$next = $pagenum+1;
echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['page_test.php']}?pagenum=$next'>Next -></a> ";
echo " ";
echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['page_test.php']}?pagenum=$last'>Last ->></a> ";
}
require_once('lower.php');
?>


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Hi friends............
I want to paginate my page but it not works properly.
It displays first 2 rows but on clicking "Next" nothing happens.
It displays error also "Notice: Undefined variable: PHP_SELF in C:\wamp\www\NGOProject\Elite Brigade\pagination.php on line 112" and "Notice: Undefined index: page_test.php in C:\wamp\www\NGOProject\Elite Brigade\pagination.php on line 124".........
I don't know what to do??????
please help me anyone???????

I am building my uncle an online music catalogue and am trying to use pagination http://www.phpeasycode.com/pagination/ but for some reason it is only showing the cat_id data from the databse and even then its only the last entry.

I need it to show all cat_id, song, artist and year from the database and not just the same ones over and over again.

Here is a link to the page so you can see whats happening: http://www.nealeweb.com/steven2/

And here is the code, Can anybody tell me where i have gone wrong please.
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$rpp = 24; // results per page
$adjacents = 4;

$page = intval($_GET["page"]);
if($page<=0) $page = 1;

$reload = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

// connect to your DB:
$dbHost = "";
$dbUser = "";
$dbPass = "";
$dbname = "";

$db = mysql_connect($dbHost,$dbUser,$dbPass);
mysql_select_db($dbname,$db);

// select appropriate results from DB:
$requete = "SELECT cat_id, song, artist, year FROM tracks ORDER BY cat_id asc";
$result = mysql_query ($requete,$db);

// count total number of appropriate listings:
$tcount = mysql_num_rows($result);

// count number of pages:
$tpages = ($tcount) ? ceil($tcount/$rpp) : 1; // total pages, last page number

$count = 0;
$i = ($page-1)*$rpp;
while(($count<$rpp) && ($i<$tcount)) {
    mysql_data_seek($result,$i);
    $query = mysql_fetch_array($result);

    // output each row:
    echo'<tr>
                        <td valign="top" width="112" height="27"><span class="font">'.$catno.'</span></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="536" height="27"><span class="font">'.$songname.'</span></td>
                        <td valign="top"><span class="font" height="27">'.$artistname.'</span></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="80" height="27"><span class="font">'.$ryear.'</span></td>
                    </tr>';

    $i++;
    $count++;
}

// call pagination function:
include("paginate.php");
echo paginate_three($reload, $page, $tpages, $adjacents); 

i have some code which checks all of the posts in the database with the topic_id of $topic_id.

what i want to do is like on many forums. On the topic list next to the name just show the pages like:

Code: [Select]
1-2-3-4
and when there are more than 4 or so

Code: [Select]
1-2....8-9
here is the code which gets the number of pages:

$data = $db->query("SELECT * FROM
                    ".DB_PREFIX."posts
                    WHERE topic_id = '$topic_info->topic_id'");
 $rows = mysql_num_rows($data); 
 $page_rows = $posts_per_page; 
 
 if ($rows > $page_rows) {
 
 $rowsArray = array($rows);
 
 }

as you can see i have added it into an array but i dont know what to do from there. I guessed it would be something like a for statement but im not sure. Can anyone help?

I'm working on a flat file database that I can search.
I got most of it done, but wondering how I can paginate the results..


<?php
ini_set('display_errors', "On");
$count = 0;
$time_start = microtime(true);
$handle = fopen('/var/txtdb/links.txt', "r"); 
if ($handle) {
   while (!feof($handle) && $count < 15) { 
        $line = fgets($handle, "4096");
        $pos = strpos($line, "keyword");
if ($pos == true) {
preg_match('~\[desc = ([^\]]*)\]~is', $line, $desc);
echo "$desc[1]<br>";
$count++;
}

   } 
   fclose($handle); 

} 

$time_end = microtime(true);
$time = $time_end - $time_start; 

echo '<br>Script took '.$time.' seconds to execute';
?>


So I want to display 15 results per page.. I know I could just loop through all the results each page just start from the last result +15 more. but.. that would take too long considering the amount of data I have.
So is there a way to start the loop at a specific line? That way I won't have to loop through them all and waste time and slow things down..

My php/mysql book doesn't cover pagination so I've been searching the web for a simple pagination script that I can learn from.

I got the following one working at http://www.phpsimplicity.com/tips.php?id=1 but it's just showing the next and prev links... no results on the pages and you can click on the next link forever when there's only 11 records in the table I queried.

How can I display results on each page and have the info append to the next page? This is the second example I've tried and none seem to explain this part?

Sorry to bug yalls with yet another problem, but I tried applying pagination to the page I use to display the news on my website, which is stored within mysql, and I'm having major issues. Here's the code below for both the pagination and getting the news out of the database to display. Not sure what's going on here. I tested the script and it does everything fine except it doesn't display the information stored within the database.

Go here to see for yourself:
http://www.djsmiley.net/index.php

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<?php
/*
Place code to connect to your DB here.
*/
include('cms/news/dbconnect.php'); // include your code to connect to DB.

$tbl_name="mynews"; //your table name
// How many adjacent pages should be shown on each side?
$adjacents = 3;

/* 
   First get total number of rows in data table. 
   If you have a WHERE clause in your query, make sure you mirror it here.
*/
$query = "SELECT COUNT(*) as num FROM $tbl_name";
$total_pages = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($query));
$total_pages = $total_pages[num];

/* Setup vars for query. */
$targetpage = "index.php";  //your file name  (the name of this file)
$limit = 1;  //how many items to show per page
$page = $_GET['page'];
if($page) 
$start = ($page - 1) * $limit;  //first item to display on this page
else
$start = 0; //if no page var is given, set start to 0

/* Get data. */
$sql = "SELECT 10 FROM $tbl_name LIMIT $start, $limit";
$result = mysql_query($sql);

/* Setup page vars for display. */
if ($page == 0) $page = 1; //if no page var is given, default to 1.
$prev = $page - 1; //previous page is page - 1
$next = $page + 1; //next page is page + 1
$lastpage = ceil($total_pages/$limit); //lastpage is = total pages / items per page, rounded up.
$lpm1 = $lastpage - 1; //last page minus 1

/* 
Now we apply our rules and draw the pagination object. 
We're actually saving the code to a variable in case we want to draw it more than once.
*/
$pagination = "";
if($lastpage > 1)
{
$pagination .= "<div class=\"pagination\">";
//previous button
if ($page > 1) 
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$prev\"><img class=\"fltlft2\" src=\"http://www.djsmiley.net/images/Icons/Arrows/Previous.png\" height=\"25\" width=\"25\"></a>";
else
$pagination.= "<span class=\"disabled\"><img class=\"fltlft2\" src=\"http://www.djsmiley.net/images/Icons/Arrows/Previous.png\" height=\"25\" width=\"25\"></a></span>";

//pages
if ($lastpage < 7 + ($adjacents * 2)) //not enough pages to bother breaking it up
{
for ($counter = 1; $counter <= $lastpage; $counter++)
{
if ($counter == $page)
$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
else
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";
}
}
elseif($lastpage > 5 + ($adjacents * 2)) //enough pages to hide some
{
//close to beginning; only hide later pages
if($page < 1 + ($adjacents * 2))
{
for ($counter = 1; $counter < 4 + ($adjacents * 2); $counter++)
{
if ($counter == $page)
$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
else
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";
}
$pagination.= "...";
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lpm1\">$lpm1</a>";
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lastpage\">$lastpage</a>";
}
//in middle; hide some front and some back
elseif($lastpage - ($adjacents * 2) > $page && $page > ($adjacents * 2))
{
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=1\">1</a>";
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=2\">2</a>";
$pagination.= "...";
for ($counter = $page - $adjacents; $counter <= $page + $adjacents; $counter++)
{
if ($counter == $page)
$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
else
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";
}
$pagination.= "...";
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lpm1\">$lpm1</a>";
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lastpage\">$lastpage</a>";
}
//close to end; only hide early pages
else
{
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=1\">1</a>";
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=2\">2</a>";
$pagination.= "...";
for ($counter = $lastpage - (2 + ($adjacents * 2)); $counter <= $lastpage; $counter++)
{
if ($counter == $page)
$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
else
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";
}
}
}

//next button
if ($page < $counter - 1) 
$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$next\"><img src=\"http://www.djsmiley.net/images/Icons/Arrows/Next.png\" height=\"25\" width=\"25\"></a>";
else
$pagination.= "<span class=\"disabled\"><img src=\"http://www.djsmiley.net/images/Icons/Arrows/Next.png\" height=\"25\" width=\"25\"></span>";
$pagination.= "</div>\n";
}
?>

<?php
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo("<p class=NewsContainer><span class=NewsID>$type</span> <font size=5>$title</font><br><br>
<em>posted by <strong>$user</strong> | added on $time</em><br><br> 
$message<br><br>
<label class=fltlft2><img src=../images/Icons/Arrows/Right.png width=20 height=20/></label><a href=$url>Read more - $url</a>
<div class=newsLikeShareRate>
  <table width=100% border=0>
<tr>
  <td width=3% height=21><script src=http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1></script>
  <fb:like href='$url' show_faces=true width=450 font=arial></fb:like>
                              </td>
<td width=65%><a name=fb_share id=fb_share4 type=icon_link 
   share_url=$url>Share</a>
  <script src=http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share 
type=text/javascript></script></td>
  <td width=32%>Rate this article:
   </td>
</tr>
  </table>
</div></p><br><br>");// Your while loop here

}
?>

<?=$pagination?>

Hello friends. I have a pagination script and there are 3 issues I cant seem to figure out. Here is the code:

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<?php 
// page_name.php 

$page = $_GET['page']; 

//some code 

$your_db = @ new mysqli("hostname", "username", "password"); 
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) 
{ 
    echo 'ERROR!<br />'.mysqli_connect_errno() 
            .' - Not connected : '.mysqli_connect_error().'<br />'; 
    die; 
} 
else 
{ 
    $db_connect = $your_db->select_db("database"); 
    if (!$db_connect) 
    { 
        echo 'ERROR CONNECT DATA BASE'; 
        die; 
    } 
} 

$query = "select fldIconMedium, fldTitle, fldLink from games"; 
//$result = $db_connect->query($query); 
$result = $your_db->query($query); 
$number_of_records = $result->num_rows;
$num_pages = $number_of_records / 16;
if (($number_of_records % 16) > 0 ) 
{ 
    $num_pages++; 
} 

if (strlen($page) == 0) 
{ 
    $page = 0; 
} 
else 
{ 
    $page = $page * 16; 
} 

$br = 1; 
$result->data_seek($page); 
for ($i = $page; $i < $number_of_records; $i++) 
{ 
    //$row = $result->fetch_array(); 
    $row = $result->fetch_assoc(); 
    if ($br <= 16) 
    { 
        echo '<b>'.stripslashes($row['fldIconMedium']).'&nbsp;</b>'; 
        echo stripslashes($row['fldTitle']).'&nbsp;'; 
        echo '<b>'.stripslashes($row['fldLink']).'</b><br />'; 
        $br++; 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        break; 
    } 
} 

for ($j = 0; $j < $num_pages; $j++) 
{ 
    $page_link = $j + 1; 
    echo '<a href="games2.php?page='.$j.'">'.$page_link.'</a>';
} 
echo '&nbsp;'.$number_of_records; 

?>

Here is a database I am using:

|fldID|         |fldTitle|             | fldCategory |  fldIconMedium |         | fldLink |
2415      Krusty Fun House           Skills           krusty.jpg        games.php?id=2415
2415      Krusty Fun House           Skills           krusty.jpg        games.php?id=2415
2415      Krusty Fun House           Skills           krusty.jpg        games.php?id=2415
2415      Krusty Fun House        Adventure       krusty.jpg        games.php?id=2415
2415      Krusty Fun House        Adventure       krusty.jpg        games.php?id=2415
2415      Krusty Fun House        Adventure       krusty.jpg        games.php?id=2415
2415      Krusty Fun House          Action           krusty.jpg        games.php?id=2415
2415      Krusty Fun House          Action           krusty.jpg        games.php?id=2415
2415      Krusty Fun House          Action           krusty.jpg        games.php?id=2415

I have a couple of issues as I am still a noob learning PHP.
=====================================

1. I have no idea how to add a 'Previous' and 'Next' button to the pagination number bar.

2. My results are displayed vertical and I can't make my results display in a horizontal view. 5 results going from left to right and results from top to bottom Basically 5 x 7 table

3. I have an issue with categorizing my games in my pagination table. I have multiple categories like Action, Skills, Arcade, Skills, Mind, Shooter in my database. For example, the pagination script above creates the link to be like this '.php?page=1', when in fact I want the script to search for categories games, example '.php?page=skills', '.php?page=action', '.php?page=adventure' etc..., linking them to the 'fldCategory' column which has the list of the category names of games, and then fetching all the rows of that particular game category and be displayed in the 5 x 7 table. For each result, it would have the Image Icon (fldIconMedium), the Title (fldTitle) under it, and both of them hyper linked to their links from the 'fldLinks' column.


I would really appreciate the help. It has been 2 weeks and I'm very frustrated that I can't figure the 3 points out.