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xenon · 02-19-2009, 11:44 PM

Where are you having problems? To determine how many pages you need, you need 2 variables: the total number of "items" (be it entries in a database or just some records in an array), and the number of "items" you wish to display on a page. The number of resulting pages will be total_number_of_items / number_of_items_per_page. It's just simple math...nothing complicated.

Here's a simple hands-on example:

PHP Code:


			
$items = range(1, 25);
$items_per_page = 10;

$number_of_items = count($items);
$total_pages = ceil($number_of_items / $items_per_page); // we use ceil because if we have 11 entries, with 10 entries per page, that means there will be 2 pages

echo $total_pages; // this will give 3

02-19-2009, 11:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
xenon The Frequenter Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 438 Thanks: 3	Where are you having problems? To determine how many pages you need, you need 2 variables: the total number of "items" (be it entries in a database or just some records in an array), and the number of "items" you wish to display on a page. The number of resulting pages will be total_number_of_items / number_of_items_per_page. It's just simple math...nothing complicated. Here's a simple hands-on example: PHP Code: `$items = range(1, 25); $items_per_page = 10; $number_of_items = count($items); $total_pages = ceil($number_of_items / $items_per_page); // we use ceil because if we have 11 entries, with 10 entries per page, that means there will be 2 pages echo $total_pages; // this will give 3` __________________ I have optimistic thoughts, even though sometimes (if not always) life's a bitch.