Previous/Next Pagination Links

[herghost]

Hi all,

 

Anyone give me a few hints how I can add a next and previous button to my pagination links? I currently have this:

<?php
}
if($total_records > 5)
?>
<div id="pg">
<?php
{
for ($i = 1; $i <= $total_pages; $i++) {

echo "<a title='page $i' class='current' href='?catid=" . $catid ."&";
if($subid > 0)
{
echo "subid=";
echo $subid . "&";
}
echo "p= $i'>$i</a>";
}
}
?>

</div>

 

Which displays them nicely, but I would like a next and previous button.

 

Cheers

 

[requinix]

previous = if (current page > 1) show a link to page #(current page - 1)

next = if (current page 

[herghost]

Thanks, but how would I find current page?

[PaulRyan]

You could use $_GET.

Just append the current page your viewing in the url like "example.com/?page=4"

Then determine toe value from $_GET['page'] or something along those lines.

 

Regards, Paul.

[herghost]

Thanks again! The silly thing is I am already doing that for another part of the page  !!!

 

I am now using the below and still have a problem, $t is showing as the same as the page I am on ($p)

$t = $p-1;	
if($p > 1 )
{
echo "<a href=''?catid='" . $catid . "&";
	if($subid > 0)
	{
	echo "subid=";
	echo $subid . "&";
	echo "p=" . $t . "'><span class='disabled'>« Previous</span></a>";
	}
}

 

[PaulRyan]

Just for clarification...

$t = the page you are viewing?

 

If this is the case do $t-1 for previous page link and $t+1 for next page link

 

Use the previous method of $total_pages to do the links between the next and prev.

 

Hopefully you get what I mean, if not just let me know

 

Regards, Paul.

[herghost]

Hi Paul,

 

Thanks for you reply again!

 

$t is meant to be current page - 1

$p is the current page, however $p-1 shows the same page as I am already viewing as well!

 

 

 

 

[PaulRyan]

Ohh right I see...

So if you are viewing page 10 $t=9 and $p-1=current page

Slightly confusing to me lol, but if you like I could re-write your current function and add next/prev links to it?

I'll comment so you know whats happening ect...

 

You could try using $p-2 = Prev and $p OR $p+1=Next

 

Tell me how it works out bud

 

Regards, Paul.

[herghost]

Well just to test I tried this out

<?php
$pagnat = 1;
$np = $p + $pagnat;
$nl = $p - $pagnat;
echo $np;
echo $nl;

{


if($p > 1 )
{
echo "<a href=''?catid='" . $catid . "&";
	if($subid > 0)
	{
	echo "subid=";
	echo $subid . "&";

	}
	echo "p=$nl'>« Previous</a> ";
}

for ($i = 1; 
$i <= $total_pages; $i++) 

{

echo "<a title='page $i' class='current' href='?catid=" . $catid ."&";
if($subid > 0)
{
echo "subid=";
echo $subid . "&";
}
echo "p=$i'>$i</a>  ";
}
}

if($p > 0 )
{
echo "<a href=''?catid='" . $catid . "&";
	if($subid > 0)
	{
	echo "subid=";
	echo $subid . "&";
	echo "p=";
	echo $np;
	echo "'> Next »</a> ";
	}
}

?>

 

Now $np and $nl echo out correctly when I just echo them, but when hovering on the next and prev buttons, they show the current page!

 

So when I am on p=2 $np=3 and $nl=1

 

How the hell is that working!

 

[herghost]

ehmm, time to feel like an idiot!

<a href=''

 

one to many ' there me thinks!!!!

 

Thanks for all your help Paul

 

[PaulRyan]

Ohh wow, I would have never spotted that in a million years LOL.

 

Glad it's working now Paul.