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Re: pagination driving me insane

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On 6/21/2011 5:22 PM, Co wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a page which displays accounts. On the page there are three
> search options:
>
> 1. sort by newest members first;
> 2. search by country;
> 3. search by name;
>
> There is a limit of 10 accounts per page. If the query returns more
> than 10  records I have to browse to the next page.
> So I need to save the search options in the url when I go to the next
> page. I tried the following code but it doesn't work properly:
>
> // check if any of the three buttons were clicked
> if(isset($_POST['listByq']) {
>
> // did I click the search by country button
>   if ($_POST['listByq'] == "by_country") {
>
>      $value = $_POST['country'];   //put the country name in the
> variable for the URL
>      $country = $_POST['country'];
>      $queryString = "WHERE country='$country' AND email_activated='1'";
>      $choice = $_POST['listByq']; }  //put by_country in the variable
> for the URL
>
> // did I click on the searh by firstname
>   else if ($_POST['listByq'] == "by_firstname") {
>
>      $value = $_POST['fname'];
>      $firstname = $_POST['fname'];
>      $firstname = mysql_real_escape_string($firstname);
>      $queryString = "WHERE firstname LIKE '%$firstname%' OR lastname
> LIKE '%$firstname%' AND email_activated='1'";
>      $choice = $_POST['listByq'];
>
>    // or did I click the newest members first sort order
> } else if ($_POST['listByq'] == "newest_members") {
>
>          $value = "";
> 	$queryString = "WHERE email_activated='1' ORDER BY id DESC";
> 	$choice = $_POST['listByq'];
> }
> }
>
> // now get the values form the URL
> if (isset($_GET['choice'])) {
>          $choice = $_GET['choice'];
>          $value = $_GET['value'];
> }
>
> // if there was anything in $choice
> if ($choice<>  "") {
>     if($choice = "by_country") {
> 		$country = $value;
> 	    $queryString = "WHERE country='$country' AND
> email_activated='1'";
> 	else if ($choice= "by_firstname")  {
> 	    $firstname = $value;
> 	    $queryString = "WHERE firstname LIKE '%$firstname%' OR lastname
> LIKE '%$firstname%' AND email_activated='1'";
> 	    $queryMsg = "Showing Members with the name you searched for";	}
> 	else if ($choice= "newest_members")  {
> 	$queryString = "WHERE email_activated='1' ORDER BY id DESC";
> 				}
>
> }
>
> The pagination looks like this:
> $centerPages .= '&nbsp;<a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?pn=' .
> $add1 . '&choice=' . $choice . '&value=' . $value . '">' . $add1 .'</
> a>  &nbsp;';
>
> I know there must be a solution for this which works but I have looked
> at it from all sides but I don't get it.
> Does anyone know how to get this working?
>
>
>
> Marco

Are you doing a GET or a POST?  You're using both in your code - which 
is highly unusual.

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pagination driving me insane Co <vonclausowitz@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 14:22 -0700
  Re: pagination driving me insane Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-21 22:18 -0400
    Re: pagination driving me insane Co <vonclausowitz@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 22:02 -0700
      Re: pagination driving me insane Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-22 06:34 -0400
        Re: pagination driving me insane Co <vonclausowitz@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 05:50 -0700
          Re: pagination driving me insane Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-22 10:54 -0400
            Re: pagination driving me insane Co <vonclausowitz@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 09:57 -0700
              Re: pagination driving me insane Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-22 13:17 -0400
                Re: pagination driving me insane Co <vonclausowitz@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 10:24 -0700
                Re: pagination driving me insane Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-23 13:27 -0400
                Re: pagination driving me insane Co <vonclausowitz@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 11:08 -0700
                Re: pagination driving me insane Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-23 15:03 -0400

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