add pagination to "for each" loop in wordpress - php

Question

Im just wondering is it possible to use the pagination_links() function in a foreach loop in wordpress?
When I try it nothing happens, I have looked around and it seems this is a little trickier than I was expecting...
<?php
$args = array( 'numberposts' => 6, 'post_status'=>"publish",'post_type'=>"post",'orderby'=>"post_date");
$postslist = get_posts( $args );
foreach ($postslist as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
<div class="events">
<div class="newslistingblock">
<div class="newslistingblockheader"><p><?php the_title(); ?></p>
</div>
<div class="newslistingblockthumbnail">
<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post_id, 'news-thumb', $attr ); ?> </div>
<div class="newslistingexcerpt">
<?php the_excerpt( ); ?> </div>
</div>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
Im basically looking for basic pagination, with "next", "prev" and numbers.
Any help on this would be great thanks.
EDIT:
I have decided to change the code to this to suit wordpress...
<?php
query_posts( 'posts_per_page=5' );
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- Do suff -->
<div class="events">
<div class="newslistingblock">
<div class="newslistingblockheader"><p><?php the_title(); ?></p>
</div>
<div class="newslistingblockthumbnail">
<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post_id, 'news-thumb', $attr ); ?> </div>
<div class="newslistingexcerpt">
<?php the_excerpt( ); ?> </div>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="navigation">
<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('← Older Entries') ?></div>
<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries →') ?></div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

Answer 1

Why are you using foreach instead of while?
The default loop with pagenation should look like this (should work with foreach as well):
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- Do suff -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="navigation">
<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('← Older Entries') ?></div>
<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries →') ?></div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
This just shows the next and previous link, but if you want pagination with numbers, I would suggest the great plugin: Wp-Pagenavi.
Good luck!
EDIT:
The error you are experiencing is that you haven't set the paged variable correctly. You need to do the following:
<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts('posts_per_page=5&paged=' . $paged);
?>
Then everything should work.
You can find more information in the codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Pagination#Adding_the_.22paged.22_parameter_to_a_query