Question

I’ve got a script that dynamically calls and displays images from a directory, what would be the best way to paginate this? I’d like to be able to control the number of images that are displayed per page through a variable within the script. I’m thinking of using URL varriables (ie – http://domain.com/page.php?page=1) but am unsure how to go about this.

Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

pagination is the same concept with or without sql. you just need your basic variables, then you can create the content you want. here’s some quasi-code:

$itemsPerPage = 5;  $currentPage = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : 1; $totalItems = getTotalItems(); $totalPages = ceil($totalItems / $itemsPerPage);  function getTotalItems() { // since they're images, perhaps we'll scan a directory of images to determine // how many images we have in total }  function getItemsFromPage($page, $itemsPerPage) { // function to grab $itemsPerPage based on which $page we're on }  function getPager($totalPages, $currentPage) { // build your pager } 

hope that helps you get started!