adding new string values to existing URL string

[Photobrad.com]

Need some help that should be pretty basic, but it's stumping me.

 

I have a page that's displaying data from the database. I have a pull-down menu that let's the user select specific fields to display all entries that share fields.  I use the GET form method, and the URL looks like this:

 

/display.php?search=name

 

In the code I have a pagination setup (for "next page" and "previous page" text links) however those links don't seem to add their string to the end of the existing search string.

 

Instead of /display.php?search=name&pageno=2 (which works if I type it in)

 

I get

 

/display.php?page=2

 

and by doing that I lose the search criteria and it displays all items in the database (which is the default if no search is defined). The pagination PHP code uses this for the link is:

 

<a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?pageno=$nextpage'>NEXT</a>

 

Even when I remove the $_SERVER and PHP_SELF references, it doesn't add the pageno= string to the existing ?search= string.

 

Is there a way to extract the full URL string and append the &pageno string to it?

 

In short, I need a way to retain the existing "?search=" values in the URL while adding "&pageno=" to the end.

 

Did that make any sense?

 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[chigley]

<?php

$var = "/display.php?search=name";

$var .= "&pageno={$nextpage}"; // Notice the . before the =

?>

[Photobrad.com]

Thanks, chigley!

 

Does it matter where that code goes?

 

 

[chigley]

Add it before where you echo/print the URL.

[Photobrad.com]

Worked like a charm!  Thanks!