adding pagination guidance?

[xcoderx]

guys i got this piece o coding and i want to add limit of pages to it could someone guide me through so that i can get it done? im not good at it but im ready to learn so that next time i do not have to ask for help.

 

<?php
echo "<center>";
echo "<h2>Images</h2>";
echo "</center>";
$columns = 5;
$cardurl = 'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];
function displayCard(){
    global $columns;    
    $action = 0;
    // Open the actual directory
    if ($handle = opendir("thumbs")) {
        // Read all file from the actual directory
        while ($file = readdir($handle))  {
            if (!is_dir($file)) {
                if ($action == 0) 


               echo "<tr>";
                
                echo "<td align='center'>
                     <img src='thumbs/$file' width='128' height='128' alt='image' /><br/>
                     <i>Select: </i><input type='radio' name='imagebase' value='$file' />
                   </td>";
                $action++;
                if ($action == $columns){
                    $action = 0;
                    echo "</tr>";
                }
              }
        }

        echo "</tr>";


    }    
}

?>

[mrMarcus]

what do you mean, "limit of pages"?

[mikesta707]

http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorial/basic-pagination

[xcoderx]

i mean add limit of images as in one page i display 15 images and next 15 in another page

[dropfaith]

click the link for the pagination tutorial its exactly what you need

[xcoderx]

i did but that tutorial is with mysql but the coding above is without mysql its dir base

[xcoderx]

is there no tutorial that is without mysql but only meant for displaying images from a dir with pagination?