##Pagination over collections Php paginator-class to manage collections.
###Typical Usage
<?php
//Load our paginator-class
require_once("paginator.class.php");
//Make some database connection, in this case MySQL
$connection = mysql_connect('url','password','');
$database = mysql_select_db('Database_name',$connection);
//Count your items
$query ="SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_name";
$result = mysql_query($query, $connection);
$r = mysql_fetch_row($result);
//Get current page from url
if (isset ($_GET['page']))
$page = (int)$_GET['page'];
else $page = 1;
//Create Paginator-object and fill it
$pages = new Paginator;
$pages->setItemsPerPage=8;
$pages->setMaxItems($r[0]);
$pages->setMidRange = 3;
$pages->setCurrentpage($page);
//Print paginator to screen
echo $pages->showPaginationMenu();
//Load data
$query = "SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name DESC LIMIT " . $pages->getStartingIndex() . ", " . $pages->getItemsPerPage() . "";
$result = mysql_query($query, $connection);
$result = mysql_query($query);
//Print data to screen
$htmlcode ="";
while ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$htmlcode .= "<div class=\"someClass\" >" . $r['itemName'] . "</div>";
}
echo $htmlcode;
?>###Gives you something like
<< previous 1...678...13 next >>
itemName 1
itemName 2
itemName 3
itemName 4
itemName 5
itemName 6
itemName 7
itemName 8
###Demo
You can find this paginator class in action on www.cocktailplanet.org You can even style your paginator with some css.