Paginating

[mokakid]

I don't have a clue about how to make a pagination system that it's 100% practical

i want to have something like this... in my example page 10 is the page where i am.

Go to page: First ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ... Last

What i want? I want "First" 4 pages "the selected page" another 4 pages "Last"
and i want the code to automatically correct if the selected page is 1 so it will look something like this:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... Last
or
First ... 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

i hope you understand what i want

you would just need to count the pages, and make multiple for loops.

for($a = 1; $a <= $num_of_pages; $a++){

}

[Inigoesdr]

Originally Posted by LAMPE

make multiple for loops.

Why would you need multiple loops?

mokakid, here is an example function you can use. Modify it however you need.

PHP Code:

function paginate($current_page, $total_pages, $link)
{
    $prev = $pages = $next = '';
    
    if($current_page == 0)
        $current_page = 1;    
    elseif($current_page > 1)
        $prev = sprintf('<a href="%s&page=%d">&laquo; Previous</a> ', $link, $current_page - 1);
    
    for ($i = 1; $i <= $total_pages; $i++)
    {
        if($i == 1 && $current_page > 5)
        {
            $i = $current_page - 4;
            $pages .= ' ... ';
        }
        
        if($current_page == $i)
            $pages .= $i . ' ';
        else
            $pages .= sprintf('<a href="%s&page=%d">%d</a> ', $link, $i, $i);

        if($i == $current_page + 4 && $total_pages > $current_page + 4)
        {
            $pages .= ' ... ';
            break;
        }
    }
    
    if($current_page < $total_pages)
        $next = sprintf('<a href="%s&page=%d">Next &raquo;</a>', $link, $current_page + 1);

    return $prev . $pages . $next;
}

echo 'Assuming 20 pages, and currently on page 10:<br />' . paginate(10, 20, '/search.php?q=stuff'); 


Outputs:

Assuming 20 pages, and currently on page 10:
« Previous ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ... Next »

[mokakid]

thx for the help