PHP paging database information - php

Question

I am displaying search results from a database in my website. I am able to have the links to the number of pages show and have the first few results on the first page. But when I go to page 2 there is no results same with the 3rd and 4 pages that display.
php code
//This checks to see if there is a page number. If not, it will set it to page 1
if (isset($_GET["page"])) { $page = $_GET["page"]; } else { $page=1; };
$start_from = ($page-1) * 5;
///////////set search variables
$property = $_POST['property'];
$bedroom = $_POST['BedroomNumber'];
$bathroom = $_POST['BathroomNumber'];
$priceMin = $_POST['PriceMin'];
$priceMax = $_POST['PriceMax'];
$sizeMin = $_POST['SizeMin'];
$sizeMax = $_POST['SizeMax'];
$termlease = $_POST['TermLease'];
//////////search
if(isset($_POST['utilities']) && is_array($_POST['utilities'])) {
foreach($_POST['utilities'] as $check) {
//echoes the value set in the HTML form for each checked checkbox.
//so, if I were to check 1, 3, and 5 it would echo value 1, value 3, value 5.
//in your case, it would echo whatever $row['Report ID'] is equivalent to.
}
}
$sql = $mysqli->query("select * from propertyinfo where Property like '%$property%' and NumBed >= '%$bedroom%' and NumBath >= '%$bathroom%' and Footage >='$sizeMin' and Footage <='$sizeMax' and Price >= '$priceMin' and Price <= '$priceMax' and utilities like '%$check%' and TermLease like '%$termlease%' ORDER BY Price ASC LIMIT $start_from, 5");
if($sql->num_rows){
while ($row = $sql->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC)){
echo '<div id="listing">
<div id="propertyImage">
<img src="uploadimages/'.$row['imageName1'].'" width="200" height="150" alt=""/>
</div>
<div id="basicInfo">
<h2>$'.$row['Price'].' | '.$row['Footage'].' sqft.</h2>
<p style="font-size: 18px;"># '.$row['StreetAddress'].', '.$row['City'].', BC</p>
<p>'.$row['NumBed'].' Bedrooms | '.$row['NumBath'].' Bathrooms | '.$row['Property'].'</p>
<br>
<p>View Full Details
</div>
</div>';
}
}
else
{
echo '<h2>0 Search Results</h2>';
}
$sqlPage = $mysqli->query("select count(id) from propertyinfo where Property like '%$property%' and NumBed >= '%$bedroom%' and NumBath >= '%$bathroom%' and Footage >='$sizeMin' and Footage <='$sizeMax' and Price >= '$priceMin' and Price <= '$priceMax' and utilities like '%$check%' and TermLease like '%$termlease%'");
$row2 = $sqlPage->fetch_array();
$total_records = $row2[0];
$total_pages = $total_records > 0 ? ceil($total_records / 5) : 0;
for ($i=1; $i<=$total_pages; $i++) {
echo "<a href='search.php?page=".$i."'>".$i."</a> ";
};

Answer 1

Contrary to your overview's select you've got no filter on the select used for the page-count. As such the latter will be (potentially) higher, thus indicating a page that isn't there. You should change the $sqlPage line to the following to get a matching amount of pages.
$sqlPage = $mysqli->query("select count(id) from propertyinfo where Property like '%$property%' and NumBed >= '%$bedroom%' and NumBath >= '%$bathroom%' and Footage >='$sizeMin' and Footage <='$sizeMax' and Price >= '$priceMin' and Price <= '$priceMax' and utilities like '%$check%' and TermLease like '%$termlease%'");
Also you should change the $total_pages line to the following, as you might otherwise get a division by 0 error:
$total_pages = $total_records > 0 ? ceil($total_records / 5) : 0;
EDIT irt comments below
If you go to the next page data doesn't get reposted and thus al you parameters are empty. There are a couple of ways to ensure the data is available on the next pages. You could output a form and repost it, you could append the data to the GET query, or you can store it in a session, a file or a database. Anyway, a quick solution in your case would be adding the following code just before the set search parameters part, which saves POST daat to a session and then uses that data untill new data is posted:
if(!isset($_SESSION)) {
if(!#session_start()) die('Could not start session');
}
if(empty($_POST)) {
if(isset($_SESSION['searchpost'])) $_POST = $_SESSION['searchpost'];
} else {
$_SESSION['searchpost'] = $_POST;
}