how to know the last id in mysql

[janim]

hello guys 

who know how to now if my database is finished browsing

i have this code

 

$start=0;
echo "<a href='showcat.php?cat={$cat}&start={$start}'>Next</a>";

 

it's for the limit in the next page like this :

 
$cat=$_GET['cat'];
$start=$_GET['start'];
$next=$start+5;
select * from $table where cat='$cat' limit $start,$next

 

so i want to stop showing NEXT link when the database finished

how can i know that it finished

 

thanks for reading my post

 

[Dragen]

take a look at the two tutorials on this page. It's really simple.

http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorial_cat/25/Page-Number--Pagination.php