Pagination does not work perfectly - php

Question

I have the following code:
$max = 4;
$page = isset($_GET['page']) ? ($_GET['page']) : '1';
$init = $page - 1;
$init= $max * $init;
$strCount = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS 'total_mytable' FROM mytable";
$varstrCount = $crud->viewdatas($strCount);
$total = 0;
if(count($varstrCount)){
foreach ($varstrCount as $row) {
$total = $row["total_mytable"];
}
}
$result = "SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY id_mytable LIMIT $init,$max";
$varresult = $crud->viewdatas($result);
content of page:
<?php
if(count($varresult)){
foreach ($varresult as $res) {
?>
<h5><?php echo $res['title'] ?></h5>
<?php
}
}
?>
<?php
$max_links = 10;
$previous = $page - 1;
$next = $page + 1;
$pgs = ceil($total / $max);
if($pgs > 1 ){
if($previous > 0){
echo "<li><a href='".BASE_URL."/category/$previous' aria-label='Previous'><span aria-hidden='true'>«</span></a></li>";
} else{
}
for($i=$page-$max_links; $i <= $pgs-1; $i++) {
if ($i <= 0){
}else{
if($i != $page{
if($i == $pgs){ //if end insert 3 dots
echo "<li><a href='".BASE_URL."/category/".($i)."'>".$i."</a></li> ...";
}else{
echo "<li><a href='".BASE_URL."/category/".($i)."'>".$i."</a></li>";
}
} else{
if($i == $pgs){ //if end insert 3 dots
echo "<li>".$i."</li> ...";
}else{
echo "<li>".$i."</li>";
}
}
}
}
if($next <= $pgs){
echo "<li><a href='".BASE_URL."/category/$next' aria-label='Next'><span aria-hidden='true'>»</span></a></li>";
}else{
}
}
?>
The result:
And I not understand the reason for the active number stay right off the paging menu
In the code I defined max-links for 10, but no show number 5 and if I define max links for 3 changes nothing , displays the same result as the image.
Thanks for any help

Answer 1

echo "<li>".$i."</li>";
on the above line add up a href, seems like you have css formatting for li>a because of which you are not getting the required formatting on only li. so for getting better formatting for all paging links current, prev, next. you need to add up a tags.
echo "<li><a>".$i."</a></li>"; //in your else part