pagination in css/php - php

Question

two questions:
--1-- it displays all the number of pages. but i'd like it to display as:
<< Prev . . 3 4 [5] 6 7 . . Next >>
--2-- when i hover on the current page no, it should change color or increase the font-size, but when i modify the css of a:hover, all the page nos change color or size instead of the one which i'm pointing to. also, when modifying a:active, nothing happens.
this is my paging code in php:
$self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
$limit = 2; //Number of results per page
$numpages=ceil($totalrows/$limit);
$query = $query." ORDER BY idQuotes LIMIT " . ($page-1)*$limit . ",$limit";
$result = mysql_query($query, $conn)
or die('Error:' .mysql_error());
?>
<div class="caption">Search Results</div>
<div class="center_div">
<table>
<?php while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
$cQuote = highlightWords(htmlspecialchars($row['cQuotes']), $search_result);
?>
<tr>
<td style="text-align:right; font-size:15px;"><?php h($row['cArabic']); ?></td>
<td style="font-size:16px;"><?php echo $cQuote; ?></td>
<td style="font-size:12px;"><?php h($row['vAuthor']); ?></td>
<td style="font-size:12px; font-style:italic; text-align:right;"><?php h($row['vReference']); ?></td>
</tr>
<?php } ?>
</table>
</div>
<div class="searchmain">
<?php
//Create and print the Navigation bar
$nav="";
$next = $page+1;
$prev = $page-1;
if($page > 1) {
$nav .= "<span class=\"searchpage\"><a onclick=\"showPage('','$prev'); return false;\" href=\"$self?page=" . $prev . "&q=" .urlencode($search_result) . "\">< Prev</a></span>";
$first = "<span class=\"searchpage\"><a onclick=\"showPage('','1'); return false;\" href=\"$self?page=1&q=" .urlencode($search_result) . "\"> << </a></span>" ;
}
else {
$nav .= " ";
$first = " ";
}
for($i = 1 ; $i <= $numpages ; $i++) {
if($i == $page) {
$nav .= "<span class=\"searchpage\">$i</span>";
}else{
$nav .= "<span class=\"searchpage\"><a onclick=\"showPage('',$i); return false;\" href=\"$self?page=" . $i . "&q=" .urlencode($search_result) . "\">$i</a></span>";
}
}
if($page < $numpages) {
$nav .= "<span class=\"searchpage\"><a onclick=\"showPage('','$next'); return false;\" href=\"$self?page=" . $next . "&q=" .urlencode($search_result) . "\">Next ></a></span>";
$last = "<span class=\"searchpage\"><a onclick=\"showPage('','$numpages'); return false;\" href=\"$self?page=$numpages&q=" .urlencode($search_result) . "\"> >> </a></span>";
}
else {
$nav .= " ";
$last = " ";
}
echo $first . $nav . $last;
?>
</div>
and this is how it displays currently:
alt text http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7184/pag1l.jpg
css:
.searchmain {
margin:30px;
text-align: center;
}
.searchpage {
border: solid 1px #ddd;
background: #fff;
text-align:left;
font-size: 16px;
padding:9px 12px;
color: #FEBE33;
margin-left:2px;
}
.searchpage a{
text-decoration: none;
color: #808080;
}
.searchpage a:hover {
color: #FEBE33;
border-color: #036;
text-decoration: none;
}
.searchpage a:visited {
color: #808080;
}

Answer 1

The solution to your first program seems pretty straightforward; you know the number of surrounding links you want to display so you can simply loop from current_page - surrounding_links to current_page + surrounding_links. Add some conditions for the beginning, the end and for when to show the dots and you're done.
For the css; I´m not entirely sure what you want to achieve but I think you can solve it by using just a tags, the surrounding spans seem redundant, you only need them for the items that are not links (.no_link in the example below):
a, .no_link {
float: left;
display: block;
padding:9px 12px;
border: solid 1px #ddd;
background: #fff;
text-align:left;
font-size: 16px;
}
a {
color: #808080;
}
a:hover {
color: #FEBE33;
border-color: #036;
}
.no_link {
color: #FEBE33;
}

Answer 2

1. Change the padding and border properties of this CSS:
.searchpage {
border: none;
background: #fff;
text-align:left;
font-size: 16px;
padding:3px;
color: #FEBE33;
margin-left:2px;
}
And add the codes for square brackets around $i.
for($i = 1 ; $i <= $numpages ; $i++) {
if($i == $page) {
$nav .= "<span class=\"searchpage\">[$i]</span>";
That should change the visuals of your numbers, I haven't tested it seeing as you don't have a live site but it should work.
2. Instead of .searchpage a:hover try searchmain a:hover.
None of this is tested, but best I could come up with after viewing your code. Hope it helps to at least point you in the right direction :)