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Asked: 2026-05-14T01:24:06+00:00

I am trying to create a link, which will, allow my paginated search to

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I am trying to create a link, which will, allow my paginated search to go onto the next page of results including the search term in the url

I get the following error with the link I have created

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/dd615/public_html/searchPage.php on line 47

here is the link 

echo "<a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?search=$_GET['search']?pagenumber=1'> FIRST </a>";

any help would be greatly appreciated

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need to wrap the second variable as well:

    echo "<a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?search={$_GET['search']}&pagenumber=1'> FIRST </a>";

    But it would be better to use proper encoding. So try this:

    echo '<a href="' . htmlspecialchars($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?search='.urlencode($_GET['search']).'&pagenumber=1') . '"> FIRST </a>';

    urlencode is used to encode any character that is inappropriate in a URL query (according to the application/x-www-form-urlencoded type) and htmlspecialchars escapes the HTML special characters.

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