php echo page numbers in same line - php

Question

i have pagination system on my echo results however, the page numbers are being echo'ed underneath eachother
e.g.
1
2 3 4 5
this is my code:
for($i=0;$i < $count1;$i=$i+$limit)
{
if($i <> $start)
{
echo "<a href='view.php?search=$search&start=$i&limit=$limit&price=$price&category=$category'><font face='Verdana' size='2'><b> $l </b></font></a> ";
}
else
{
echo "<center><font face='Verdana' size='4' color=#2E9AFE ><b> $l </b></font></center>";
}
MODIFIED CODE:
$i=0;
$l=1;
echo "<p align='left'>";
for($i=0;$i < $count1;$i=$i+$limit)
{
if($i <> $start)
{
echo '$i';
}
else
{
echo '<span class="current">$i</span>';
}
$l=$l+1;
}
echo "</p>";
}

Answer 1

<?php for($i=0;$i < $count1;$i=$i+$limit): ?>
<?php if($i <> $start): ?>
<a href="view.php?search=<?php echo $search;?>&start=<?php echo $i;?>&limit=<?php echo $limit;?>&price=<?php echo $price;?>&category=<?php echo $category;?>">
<?php echo $i; ?></a>
<?php else: ?>
<span class="current"><?php echo $i;?></span>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endfor; ?>
CSS:
a,span.current{font-weight:bold;font-family:Verdana;}
All are inline elements, so they'll stay...inline. Add paddings, text-decoration, colors and whatever in your CSS. I could help you to achieve exactly what you want if you are more clear in your intentions (center?). Stay away from old html and tables :)

Answer 2

Here is another way of doing the above, with a few added extras:
$count1 = 10;
$menu = '';
$link = array(
'search' => ( isset($search) ? $search : $search = '' ),
'start' => ( isset($start) ? $start : $start = 0 ),
'limit' => ( isset($limit) ? $limit : $limit = 1 ),
'price' => ( isset($price) ? $price : $price = '' ),
'category' => ( isset($category) ? $category : $category = '' ),
);
foreach( range(0, $count1, $limit) as $i ) {
$menu .= ( ($link['start'] = $i) == $start ?
'<span class="current">'.$i.'</span>' :
''.$i.''
) . PHP_EOL;
}
echo $menu;
(the above requires php5+)
With regards to neeko's comment, to seperate the $start variable from the text displayed in the link - all you have to do is either introduce another variable that counts up with each loop - or, as we already have the key of the range array, we can use that:
foreach( range(0, $count1, $limit) as $key => $i ) {
$menu .= ( ($link['start'] = $i) == $start ?
'<span class="current">Page'.($key+1).'</span>' :
'Page'.($key+1).''
) . PHP_EOL;
}
I've used $key + 1, because $key will be zero-based (i.e. counting up from Zero) but the +1 just shifts things so we count up from 1 instead.

Answer 3

I think it is because center is a block element which means it won't be inline with the other numbers (but that isn't my specialty so I might be wrong. You could put them in a table.
echo "<table><tr>";
for($i=0;$i < $count1;$i=$i+$limit)
{
echo "<td>";
if($i <> $start)
{
echo "<a href='view.php?search=$search&start=$i&limit=$limit&price=$price&category=$category'><font face='Verdana' size='2'><b> $l </b></font></a> ";
}
else
{
echo "<center><font face='Verdana' size='4' color=#2E9AFE ><b> $l </b></font></center>";
}
echo "</td>";
}
echo "</tr></table>";

Answer 4

Try this:
for($i=0;$i < $count1;$i=$i+$limit)
{
if($i <> $start)
{
echo "<a href='view.php?search=$search&start=$i&limit=$limit&price=$price&category=$category'><div style='font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; float: left; position: relative; padding: 5px; margin-right: 5px;'>$l</div></a>";
}
else
{
echo "<div style='font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; float: left; position: relative; color: #2E9AFE; padding: 5px; margin-right: 5px;'>$l</div>";
}
I have changed your html part of code to display in div elements with float: left and some other css tweaks so now it should be placed in one line...