Pagination Database Query Woes - php

Question

I have been working at this all day and still at 8pm have had no luck. I was wondering if you guys can give me some advice on fixing it. I am building an Upload - gif sharing system for University.
Here is my code anyway -
<?php
ini_set('display_errors',1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
mysql_connect("localhost","root","root") or die("Top Query");
mysql_select_db("UPLOAD") or die(mysql_error());
$count_query = mysql_query("SELECT NULL FROM details");
$count = mysql_num_rows($count_query);
//pagination
if(isset($_GET['page'])){
$page = preg_replace("#[^0-9]#","",$_GET['page']);
}else{
$page= 1;
}
$perPage = 5;
$lastPage = ceil($count / $perPage);
if($page < 1){
$page = 1;
}else if($page > $lastPage){
$page = $lastPage;
}
$limit = "LIMIT " .($page -1) * $perPage . ", $perPage";
//Query and gifs
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM details ORDER BY date_added DESC") or die("2nd Query");
//Puts it into an array
$pagination="";
if($lastPage != 1){
if($page != $lastPage){
$next = $page + 1;
$pagination.='More';
}
if($page != 1){
$prev = $page - 1;
$pagination.='Back';
}
}
?>
And then the output in the html -
<?php
while($info = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
$shortlink = "".$info['photo']." " ;
//Outputs the image and other data
echo "<article class='upload-post'>" . "<div class='crop'>";
echo "<a href=uploads/".$info['photo'].">";
echo "<img class='scale-with-grid' src=uploads/".$info['photo'] .">"."</a>";
echo "</div>";
echo "".$info['name'] . "<br/>";
echo "Reaction ".$info['reaction'] ."<br/>";
echo "In " .$info['category'] ." <br/>";
echo "On " .$info['date_added'] ." <br/>";
echo "Link: $shortlink";
echo "</article>";
}
?>
<?php echo $pagination;?>
I can toggle between pages but its not limiting the number of posts displayed on the page. Id really appreciate the help as the deadline isn't too far away.
Thanks a bunch in advance!

Answer 1

You never append $limit to your query.

Answer 2

Try the follwing as a replacement...
...
//Query and gifs
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM details ORDER BY date_added DESC ".$limit) or die("2nd Query");
//Puts it into an array
...