pagination help

[myfan]

i used parts of the pagination script found on phpfreaks but have modified it abit.  So now my only issue i have is i need it to after giving me how many pages is to only display like 5 of the pages but on an upward route like

 

 

    < 1 2 3 4 5 >

 

 

what i want is lets say i want to limit the amount of pages in the pagination so that when i click 5 it shows me

   

    < 4 5 6 7 8 >

 

here is my code

$begin = $numofpages - $numofpages;
while($begin < 1)
  $begin++;
$end = $begin + 4;
while($end > $numofpages)
  $end--;

for($i = 1; $i <= $numofpages; $i++){
        if($i == $page){
            echo($i." ");
        }else{
            echo("<a href=\"index.php?page=$i\">$i</a> "); 
        }
        
      
    }  
if(($totalrows % $per_page) != 0){
   
        if($i == $page){
            echo($i." ");
        }else{
            echo("<a href=\"index.php?page=$i\">$i</a> ");
        }
    
    }  

}

[$cripts]

you can use this script i wrote a simple little pagination but it uses a range so u can put a range of 4 and it go 1 2 [ 3 ] 4 5

function pages($url,$total_items,$per_page,$range,$current_page) {

// Figure out the total number of pages. Always round up using ceil()
$total_pages = ceil($total_items / $per_page);

$range = ceil($range / 2);

if($current_page != 1) {
  $return = '[<a href="'.$url.'p=1" title="Go to page 1  of '.$total_pages.'"> « </a>]';
}
if($current_page > 1){
    $prev = ($current_page - 1);
   $return .= '<a href="'.$url.'p='.$prev.'" title="Go to page '.$prev.' of '.$total_pages.'"> « </a>';
}

// Build Backward Links
for($i = 1; $i <= $range; $i++){
     $p = $current_page-$i;
 if($p > 0) {
     $back .= $p.',';
 }
}

$back_rev = strrev($back);

$back_rev = explode(',',$back_rev);

foreach($back_rev as $rev) {
   
   $rev = strrev($rev);
   $return .= ' <a href="'.$url.'p='.$rev.'" title="Go to page '.$rev.' of '.$total_pages.'">'.$rev.'</a> ';
  
}



$return .=  ' [ <b>'.$current_page.'</b> ] ';

for($i = 1; $i <= $range; $i++){
       $p = $current_page+$i;
   if($p <= $total_pages) {
         $return .= '<a href="'.$url.'p='.$p.'" title="Go to page '.$p.' of '.$total_pages.'">'.$p.'</a> ';
	}
}

// Build Next Link
if($current_page < $total_pages && $total_pages != '0') {
$next = $current_page + 1;
     $return .= '<a href="'.$url.'p='.$next.'" title="Go to page '.$next.' of '.$total_pages.'"> » </a>';
}
if($current_page != $total_pages && $total_pages != '0') {
    $return .= '[ <a href="'.$url.'p='.$total_pages.'" title="Go to page '.$total_pages.' of '.$total_pages.'"> » </a> ]';
}
return  $return; 

}