How to paginate a form in php? - php

Question

I have a problem. Last time, I made a grading system for teachers. I have a form for grading teachers but I am confused on how to paginate that form. If the entries are more than 10 then it causes problems.
<form action="n.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<table width="642" height="215" border="10" align="left" cellspacing="0" >
<tr>
<th class="style5">Teacher ID</th>
<th width="90" class="style5">Teacher Name</th>
<th width="127" class="style5">Teacher Registration</th>
<th width="135" class="style5">Teacher Qualification</th>
<th width="92" class="style5">Teacher Subject</th>
<th width="92" class="style5">Action</th>
</tr>
<?php
include 'conn.php';
$sql = "SELECT * FROM teacher ";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
while($row = $result->fetch_array()){
$id=$row['tid'];
?>
<tr>
<td height="50" align="center" class="style5"><?php echo $row['tid'];?></td>
<td align="center" class="style5"><?php echo $row['tname'];?></td>
<td align="center" class="style5"><?php echo $row['treg'];?></td>
<td align="center" class="style5"><?php echo $row['qualification'];?></td>
<td align="center" class="style5"><?php echo $row['subject'];?></td>
<td align="center"> <input type="text" name="rating[<?php echo $id; ?>]">
</td>
</tr>
<?php
}
}else{
echo "<center><p><font size=10/> No Records</p></center>";
}
$conn->close();
?><tr><td colspan="6">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Enter"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

Answer 1

In your PHP you could define a page size:
$page_size = 10; // number of teachers per page
And start at page 1:
$page = 1;
You change your SQL to use these values:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM teacher LIMIT " . $page_size * ($page - 1) . ", " . $page_size;
Now you'll only be shown 10 teachers from page 1.
You can change your script so that the page is read from the URL /yourscript.php?page=2:
$page = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : 1; // take from query string or default to 1
Next step is to insert next and prev link in your html:
<?php
$next = $page + 1;
$prev = $page - 1 > 0 ? $page - 1 : 1;
echo "<a href='?page=$prev'>prev page</a>";
echo "<a href='?page=$next'>next page</a>";
You can improve your scripts by checking how many pages there is using a count of teacher records
$pages = ceil(count($teachers) / $page_size);
I think you can take it from here.
UPDATE: I've merged my suggestions with your code:
<form action="n.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<table width="642" height="215" border="10" align="left" cellspacing="0">
... your table stuff ...
<?php
include 'conn.php';
$page_size = 10;
// Get total pages
$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) as cnt FROM teacher";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
$teacher_count = $result[0]["cnt"]; // I'm unsure how you DB class works;
$pages = ceil($teachers / $page_size);
$page = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : 1; // take from query string or default to 1
$next = $page + 1 > $pages ? $pages : $page + 1;
$prev = $page - 1 > 0 ? $page - 1 : 1;
$sql = "SELECT * FROM teacher LIMIT " . $page_size * ($page - 1) . ", " . $page_size;
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
while($row = $result->fetch_array()){
$id=$row['tid'];
?>
<tr>
<td height="50" align="center" class="style5"><?php echo $row['tid'];?></td>
<td align="center" class="style5"><?php echo $row['tname'];?></td>
<td align="center" class="style5"><?php echo $row['treg'];?></td>
<td align="center" class="style5"><?php echo $row['qualification'];?></td>
<td align="center" class="style5"><?php echo $row['subject'];?></td>
<td align="center"> <input type="text" name="rating[<?php echo $id; ?>]">
</td>
</tr>
<?php
}
}else{
echo "<center><p><font size=10/> No Records</p></center>";
}
$conn->close();
?><tr><td colspan="6">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Enter"></td></tr>
</table>
<?php
if ($next > 1) {
echo "<a href='?page=$prev'>prev page</a>";
}
if ($prev > 0 && $page !== 1) {
echo "<a href='?page=$next'>next page</a>";
}
?>
</form>