I’ve been tinkering with a script I found online. I’ve gotten it to work, but I can’t quite get it modified as I need it. I’ve tried a few things to no avail. This is a script for pagination of a database’s content. Take a look at this code & I’ll tell you what I’m trying to do in a moment:
<?php
// Adam's Custom PHP MySQL Pagination Tutorial and Script
// You have to put your mysql connection data and alter the SQL queries(both queries)
// This script is in tutorial form and is accompanied by the following video:
// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8xYGnEOXYc
mysql_connect("DB_Host_Here","DB_Username_Here","DB_Password_Here") or die (mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("DB_Name_Here") or die (mysql_error());
////////////// QUERY THE MEMBER DATA INITIALLY LIKE YOU NORMALLY WOULD
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT id, firstname, country FROM myTable ORDER BY id ASC");
//////////////////////////////////// Adam's Pagination Logic ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
$nr = mysql_num_rows($sql); // Get total of Num rows from the database query
if (isset($_GET['pn'])) { // Get pn from URL vars if it is present
$pn = preg_replace('#[^0-9]#i', '', $_GET['pn']); // filter everything but numbers for security(new)
//$pn = ereg_replace("[^0-9]", "", $_GET['pn']); // filter everything but numbers for security(deprecated)
} else { // If the pn URL variable is not present force it to be value of page number 1
$pn = 1;
}
//This is where we set how many database items to show on each page
$itemsPerPage = 10;
// Get the value of the last page in the pagination result set
$lastPage = ceil($nr / $itemsPerPage);
// Be sure URL variable $pn(page number) is no lower than page 1 and no higher than $lastpage
if ($pn < 1) { // If it is less than 1
$pn = 1; // force if to be 1
} else if ($pn > $lastPage) { // if it is greater than $lastpage
$pn = $lastPage; // force it to be $lastpage's value
}
// This creates the numbers to click in between the next and back buttons
// This section is explained well in the video that accompanies this script
$centerPages = "";
$sub1 = $pn - 1;
$sub2 = $pn - 2;
$add1 = $pn + 1;
$add2 = $pn + 2;
if ($pn == 1) {
$centerPages .= ' <span class="pagNumActive">' . $pn . '</span> ';
$centerPages .= ' <a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' . $add1 . '">' . $add1 . '</a> ';
} else if ($pn == $lastPage) {
$centerPages .= ' <a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' . $sub1 . '">' . $sub1 . '</a> ';
$centerPages .= ' <span class="pagNumActive">' . $pn . '</span> ';
} else if ($pn > 2 && $pn < ($lastPage - 1)) {
$centerPages .= ' <a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' . $sub2 . '">' . $sub2 . '</a> ';
$centerPages .= ' <a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' . $sub1 . '">' . $sub1 . '</a> ';
$centerPages .= ' <span class="pagNumActive">' . $pn . '</span> ';
$centerPages .= ' <a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' . $add1 . '">' . $add1 . '</a> ';
$centerPages .= ' <a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' . $add2 . '">' . $add2 . '</a> ';
} else if ($pn > 1 && $pn < $lastPage) {
$centerPages .= ' <a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' . $sub1 . '">' . $sub1 . '</a> ';
$centerPages .= ' <span class="pagNumActive">' . $pn . '</span> ';
$centerPages .= ' <a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' . $add1 . '">' . $add1 . '</a> ';
}
// This line sets the "LIMIT" range... the 2 values we place to choose a range of rows from database in our query
$limit = 'LIMIT ' .($pn - 1) * $itemsPerPage .',' .$itemsPerPage;
// Now we are going to run the same query as above but this time add $limit onto the end of the SQL syntax
// $sql2 is what we will use to fuel our while loop statement below
$sql2 = mysql_query("SELECT id, firstname, country FROM myTable ORDER BY id ASC $limit");
//////////////////////////////// END Adam's Pagination Logic ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////// Adam's Pagination Display Setup /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
$paginationDisplay = ""; // Initialize the pagination output variable
// This code runs only if the last page variable is ot equal to 1, if it is only 1 page we require no paginated links to display
if ($lastPage != "1"){
// This shows the user what page they are on, and the total number of pages
$paginationDisplay .= 'Page <strong>' . $pn . '</strong> of ' . $lastPage. ' ';
// If we are not on page 1 we can place the Back button
if ($pn != 1) {
$previous = $pn - 1;
$paginationDisplay .= ' <a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' . $previous . '"> Back</a> ';
}
// Lay in the clickable numbers display here between the Back and Next links
$paginationDisplay .= '<span class="paginationNumbers">' . $centerPages . '</span>';
// If we are not on the very last page we can place the Next button
if ($pn != $lastPage) {
$nextPage = $pn + 1;
$paginationDisplay .= ' <a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' . $nextPage . '"> Next</a> ';
}
}
///////////////////////////////////// END Adam's Pagination Display Setup ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Build the Output Section Here
$outputList = '';
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql2)){
$id = $row["id"];
$firstname = $row["firstname"];
$country = $row["country"];
$outputList .= '<h1>' . $firstname . '</h1><h2>' . $country . ' </h2><hr />';
} // close while loop
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Adam's Pagination</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.pagNumActive {
color: #000;
border:#060 1px solid; background-color: #D2FFD2; padding-left:3px; padding-right:3px;
}
.paginationNumbers a:link {
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
border:#999 1px solid; background-color:#F0F0F0; padding-left:3px; padding-right:3px;
}
.paginationNumbers a:visited {
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
border:#999 1px solid; background-color:#F0F0F0; padding-left:3px; padding-right:3px;
}
.paginationNumbers a:hover {
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
border:#060 1px solid; background-color: #D2FFD2; padding-left:3px; padding-right:3px;
}
.paginationNumbers a:active {
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
border:#999 1px solid; background-color:#F0F0F0; padding-left:3px; padding-right:3px;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div style="margin-left:64px; margin-right:64px;">
<h2>Total Items: <?php echo $nr; ?></h2>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:58px; margin-right:58px; padding:6px; background-color:#FFF; border:#999 1px solid;"><?php echo $paginationDisplay; ?></div>
<div style="margin-left:64px; margin-right:64px;"><?php print "$outputList"; ?></div>
<div style="margin-left:58px; margin-right:58px; padding:6px; background-color:#FFF; border:#999 1px solid;"><?php echo $paginationDisplay; ?></div>
</body>
</html>
Take a peek at how the data is displayed here: http://www.developphp.com/view_lesson.php?v=289
What I’m trying to do:
I want to put the data into a table. Each line would have 3 TD’s. The code displays the data rather flat, where it’ll give all the data from 1 row of the table & after using a HR, the nxt pece of data goes right under it.I need it to go BESIDE of it, 3 cells per row. (Yeah, the code uses DIV but I was using TABLE since I know very little about DIV’s)
Seems obvious to me that I’d add the opening/closing TABLE tags in line 127, like so:
<div style="margin-left:64px; margin-right:64px;"><table border=1><?php print "$outputList"; ?></table></div>
Line 83 of the code:
$outputList .= '<h1>' . $firstname . '</h1><h2>' . $country . ' </h2><hr />';
It needs a few TD’s, of course. But after each row has 3 cells, I need to drop down to the next row. The ultimate goal is to create 9 cells per page (maybe 12), 3 cells per row. I’ve tried a few things, including a WHILE loop into it to post the opening/closing TR tags only after the 3rd cell. I couldn’t get it to work Can anyone get this to work?