Break up PHP Pagination links

Question

I have the following method that creates and returns markup for my pagination links in PHP.

public function getPaginationLinks($options) {
    if($options[\'         


        

Answer 1

You just display the current page plus the previous and the following x (say 4) pages.

If you're on Page 1:

1 2 3 4 5

Page 35:

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

Page 70:

66 67 68 69 70

You could also add a quick link to the first and last page using « and » for instance.

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Example:

$x = 4;

for ($i = $currentPage - $x; $i < $currentPage; $i++)
{
    if ($i >= 1) { /* show link */}
    else { /* show ellipsis and fix counter */ $i = 1; }
}

/* show current page number without link */

for ($i = $currentPage + 1; $i < $currentPage + $x; $i++)
{
    if ($i <= $totalPages) { /* show link */}
    else { /* show ellipsis and break */ break; }
}

You can also implement Infinite History / Pagination, which is uber cool. =)

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UPDATE: A more elegant version of this @ Codepad.