Try remiving the single quotes around myPage and showRecords. On 15/06/2011 6:38 PM, "Taco Mathijs Hillenaar-Meerveld" < tm.hillenaar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have followed only a short course in PHP and have a book 'PHP for dummies' > but i can't find a solution for my problem. > > I'm currently working on a photoalbum. most functions work and i started to > implement pagination on my photoalbum. > where the page script works fine when i get a list of users from the db, it > does not work the same way for my pictures. > > when the page is loading all seem to work fine untill i have more than 5 > photos on the page ( $showRecords) > also, when i change the second query to just load all the pictures from the > db it shows the 5 pictures AND it shows > how many pages exist. > > however, im stuck here, because when i click on page 1, 2 etc it gives me a > blank page. > when the query results are over 5 pictures in my current script (as seen > below) i get an error message: > > *You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to > your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''0' , '5'' at > line 1 > * > for some reason i haven't found a good solution yet. i hope some of you can > give me a hand here to understand it better. > any tips about the script and about the style are welcome, im still learning > and could use some constructive critics. > > taco mathijs > > <?php >> // this routine checks if a visitor has acces. no session - no acces >> if(!isset($_SESSION['gbrid'])) { >> echo "u moet ingelogd zijn als gebruiker"; >> exit(); >> } >> >> else { >> >> //-- link back to the last page. >> echo "<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"history.go(-1)\"><strong><h5>Terug >> naar het overzicht</h5></strong></a>"; >> >> $pag = $_GET['pag']; >> >> // first visit should be 0 >> if($pag == '' || $pag == 1){ >> $pag = 0; >> } >> // results to show per page >> $showRecords= 5; >> >> >> // first query - seems to be okay. the page shows up correct >> $query = "SELECT * FROM fot WHERE locid= '" .$_GET['locid']."' && catnaam= >> '".$_GET['catnaam']."'"; >> >> $results = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); >> $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($results); >> >> $pages = $num_rows / $showRecords; >> >> if($pages>1){ >> $myPage = $pag * $showRecords; >> >> // the second query. >> $query = "SELECT * FROM fot WHERE locid= '" .$_GET['locid']."' && >> catnaam= '".$_GET['catnaam']."' ORDER BY fotid ASC LIMIT '".$myPage."' , >> '".$showRecords."'"; >> >> >> >> $results = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); >> } >> >> if($pages > 1){ >> for($i=1; $i<=floor($pages); $i++){ >> >> >> echo ' | <a href='.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?pag='.$i.'>'.$i.'</a>'; >> } >> >> echo " |<br/><br/>"; >> } >> >> >> >> >> while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($results)) >> { >> >> $foto1 = '<img class="thumb" src="../~taco/'. $rows['path'] . "\" fotid >> = ".$fotid.">"; >> >> echo "<a href=\"fotoid.php?fotid=" . $rows['fotid'] . >> "\">".$foto1."</a>"; >> >> >> >> >> >> } >> } >> >> // for debugging purposes >> echo print_r($query); >> >> >> >> >> ?> >>