page numbers

[lional]

Hi All

I am trying to create page numbers at the bottom of my categories page. I have got it to work sort of but the last thing that I am trying is to only show a certain number of the pages.

if I only want to show 15 pages and there are 15 pages or less then it shows all the pages, but if there is say 21 pages then it shows

previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 . . .  next, and when the user moves onto the second page it shows

previous . . . 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 . . .  next

I have seen it done on some sights I am not sure how to do it, any help will be appreciated

 

Here is my code

if ($num_pages == 1 && $num > 0) {

print <<<lkh

</table>

lkh;

}

// Make the links to other pages, if necessary.

$st1 = ($start - $display);

$st2 = (($display * ($i - 1)));

$st3 = ($start + $display);

if ($num_pages > 1) {

 

 

// Determine what page the script is on.

$current_page = ($start/$display) + 1;

 

print <<<ONE

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="590" height="10"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" border="0" height="15">

ONE;

 

// If it's not the first page, make a Previous button.

if ($current_page != 1) {

print <<<dept1

<a href="category.php?cat_id=$catid&s=$st1&np=$num_pages" style="text-decoration :none"><font color="#d2aa64" size="1" face="arial">Previous</font></a> 

dept1;

 

}

 

// Make all the numbered pages.

for ($i = 1; $i <= $num_pages; $i++) {

if ($i != $current_page) {

echo '<a href="category.php?cat_id=' . $catid . '&s='. (($display * ($i - 1))) . '&np=' . $num_pages . '" style="text-decoration :none">'  .  " " . '<font color="#d2aa64" size="1" face="arial">' . $i  .  '</font></a>';

 

} else {

 

echo    '<font color="#ffffff" size="1" face="arial">' . $i  . '  ';

}

}

 

//it's not the last page, make a Next button.

if ($current_page != $num_pages) {

print <<<dept3

<a href="category.php?cat_id=$catid&s=$st3&np=$num_pages" style="text-decoration :none"><font color="#d2aa64" size="1" face="arial">Next</font>

</td></tr><td height="20"></td></tr>

dept3;

}}

 

Thanks

 

Lional

[rarebit]

Here's some examples on the subject of 'pagination':

http://www.phpfreaks.com/quickcode_cats/33/Pagination.php