Help on pagination please

[gnawz]

I have a pagination function I am using in a file called functions.php as below

<? //Pagination functions  function getPagingQuery($sql, $itemPerPage = 10) {    if (isset($_GET['page']) && (int)$_GET['page'] > 0)    {       $page = (int)$_GET['page'];    }    else    {       $page = 1;    }        // start fetching from this row number    $offset = ($page - 1) * $itemPerPage;        return $sql . " LIMIT $offset, $itemPerPage"; }  /*    Get the links to navigate between one result page to another.     */ function getPagingLink($sql, $itemPerPage = 10, $strGet = '') {    $result        = dbQuery($sql);    $pagingLink    = '';    $totalResults  = dbNumRows($result);    $totalPages    = ceil($totalResults / $itemPerPage);        // how many link pages to show    $numLinks      = 10;            // create the paging links only if theres more than one page of results    if ($totalPages > 1) {           $self = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ;               if (isset($_GET['page']) && (int)$_GET['page'] > 0) {          $pageNumber = (int)$_GET['page'];       } else {          $pageNumber = 1;       }              // print 'previous' link only if its not       // on page one       if ($pageNumber > 1) {          $page = $pageNumber - 1;          if ($page > 1) {             $prev = " <a href=\"$self?page=$page&$strGet/\">[Prev]</a> ";          } else {             $prev = " <a href=\"$self?$strGet\">[Prev]</a> ";          }                          $first = " <a href=\"$self?$strGet\">[First]</a> ";       } else {          $prev  = ''; // on page one, don't show 'previous' link          $first = ''; // nor 'first page' link       }           // print 'next' link only if its not       // on the last page       if ($pageNumber < $totalPages) {          $page = $pageNumber + 1;          $next = " <a href=\"$self?page=$page&$strGet\">[Next]</a> ";          $last = " <a href=\"$self?page=$totalPages&$strGet\">[Last]</a> ";       } else {          $next = ''; // if on the last page, don't show 'next' link          $last = ''; // nor 'last page' link       }        $start = $pageNumber - ($pageNumber % $numLinks) + 1;       $end   = $start + $numLinks - 1;                    $end   = min($totalPages, $end);              $pagingLink = array();       for($page = $start; $page <= $end; $page++)   {          if ($page == $pageNumber) {             $pagingLink[] = " $page ";   // no need to create a link to current page          } else {             if ($page == 1) {                $pagingLink[] = " <a href=\"$self?$strGet\">$page</a> ";             } else {                   $pagingLink[] = " <a href=\"$self?page=$page&$strGet\">$page</a> ";             }             }           }              $pagingLink = implode(' | ', $pagingLink);              // return the page navigation link       $pagingLink = $first . $prev . $pagingLink . $next . $last;    }        return $pagingLink; } ?>

I include that functions.php in every page because it contains all the functions I need

However, when I add the pagination to my DB functions containing SQLs, it doesn't work. Code below:

<? function allsales_Today() {    $rowsPerPage = 5;     //$sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE SaleDate = current_date';    $sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 1 DAY) <= SaleDate';        //$result = dbQuery($sql);    $result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage));    $pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);        if (dbNumRows($result) == 0) //if none       {         echo '<p><font color=#CC0000><h4>No sales for today were found in the records...</h4></font></p>';       echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';    }    else    {       echo "<h5>Today's sales sales:<p></h5>";       echo '<table width="100%"  border="1" bordercolor="#000000">';      echo'<tr>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Sale No</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Category</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Brand</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Quantity </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Paid By: </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Amount </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Date of Sale </th>';     echo'</tr>';      while($row = dbFetchArray($result))     // while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))      {                 echo'<tr>';          echo'<td align="center">';          $SaleID = $row["SaleID"];                   echo $SaleID. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Category = $row["Category"];                   echo $Category. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Brand = $row["Brand"];                   echo $Brand. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Quantity = $row["Quantity"];                   echo $Quantity. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $PaidBy = $row["PaidBy"];                   echo $PaidBy. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Cost = $row["Cost"];                   echo $Cost. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $SaleDate = $row["SaleDate"];                   echo $SaleDate. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';                   echo '</tr>';              }    echo'</table>';        //paginating link    echo $pagingLink;        echo "<br>"; echo "<strong>Sales figures:</strong>"; echo "<hr>";        $sql_total = 'SELECT PaidBy, SUM(Cost) FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 1 DAY) <= SaleDate GROUP BY PaidBy';        $result = dbQuery($sql_total);             while($row = dbFetchArray($result))         {        echo "Total sales by ". $row['PaidBy']. "<font color=#CC0000> =  Kshs <strong>". $row['SUM(Cost)']; echo "</font></strong>";       echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;"; echo"|"; echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;";       }           $sql_total_final = 'SELECT SUM(Cost) FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 1 DAY) <= SaleDate';        $result = dbQuery($sql_total_final);    while($row = dbFetchArray($result))         {       echo "<strong>All sales = <font color=#CC0000> Kshs " .$row['SUM(Cost)']; echo "</font></strong>" ;       }    }     echo "<br>";    echo '<h4><a href="index.php">Back</a> to sales panel.'; } ?>

The first page is displayed well. When I click next, the page is blank and the URL is
http://localhost/cstock/admin/viewsa...es.php?page=2&

The URL for the search should be

http://localhost/cstock/admin/viewsa...=allsalestoday

Followed by the pagination as a user clicks next or a value in the pagination link

viewsales.php is the file containing sales functions

It only works if I put each function in its own page. My sales functions are many (33 functions) and so they are all in one file called view sales.php in a case statement.

How do I make it work if I have a file that contains all my sales functions and I want to use the pagination in each function?

my pagination function is in a file I call at the top of every page (functions.php)

<? //Pagination functions  function getPagingQuery($sql, $itemPerPage = 10) {    if (isset($_GET['page']) && (int)$_GET['page'] > 0)    {       $page = (int)$_GET['page'];    }    else    {       $page = 1;    }        // start fetching from this row number    $offset = ($page - 1) * $itemPerPage;        return $sql . " LIMIT $offset, $itemPerPage"; }  /*    Get the links to navigate between one result page to another.     */   function getPagingLink($sql, $itemPerPage = 10, $strGet = '') {    $result        = dbQuery($sql);    $pagingLink    = '';    $totalResults  = dbNumRows($result);    $totalPages    = ceil($totalResults / $itemPerPage);        // how many link pages to show    $numLinks      = 10;            // create the paging links only if theres more than one page of results    if ($totalPages > 1) {           $self = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ;               if (isset($_GET['page']) && (int)$_GET['page'] > 0) {          $pageNumber = (int)$_GET['page'];       } else {          $pageNumber = 1;       }              // print 'previous' link only if its not       // on page one       if ($pageNumber > 1) {          $page = $pageNumber - 1;          if ($page > 1) {             $prev = " <a href=\"$self?page=$page&$strGet/\">[Prev]</a> ";             ||             $prev = " <a href=\"$self?action=$action&$strGet/\">[Prev]</a> ";          } else {             $prev = " <a href=\"$self?$strGet\">[Prev]</a> ";          }                          $first = " <a href=\"$self?$strGet\">[First]</a> ";       } else {          $prev  = ''; // on page one, don't show 'previous' link          $first = ''; // nor 'first page' link       }           // print 'next' link only if its not       // on the last page       if ($pageNumber < $totalPages) {          $page = $pageNumber + 1;          $next = " <a href=\"$self?page=$page&$strGet\">[Next]</a> "; || " <a href=\"$self?action=$action&$strGet/\">[Prev]</a> ";          $last = " <a href=\"$self?page=$totalPages&$strGet\">[Last]</a> "; || " <a href=\"$self?action=$action&$strGet/\">[Prev]</a> ";       } else {          $next = ''; // if on the last page, don't show 'next' link          $last = ''; // nor 'last page' link       }        $start = $pageNumber - ($pageNumber % $numLinks) + 1;       $end   = $start + $numLinks - 1;                    $end   = min($totalPages, $end);              $pagingLink = array();       for($page = $start; $page <= $end; $page++)   {          if ($page == $pageNumber) {             $pagingLink[] = " $page ";   // no need to create a link to current page          } else {             if ($page == 1) {                $pagingLink[] = " <a href=\"$self?$strGet\">$page</a> ";             } else {                   $pagingLink[] = " <a href=\"$self?page=$page&$strGet\">$page</a> ";             }             }           }              $pagingLink = implode(' | ', $pagingLink);              // return the page navigation link       $pagingLink = $first . $prev . $pagingLink . $next . $last;    }        return $pagingLink; } ?>

Like in this page (list.php)

<?php if (!defined('WEB_ROOT')) {    exit; } $rowsPerPage = 5;  $_SESSION['login_return_url'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; checkUser();  $sql = "SELECT * FROM fragrancestock"; $result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage)); $pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);  $errorMessage = (isset($_GET['cstock_error']) && $_GET['cstock_error'] != '') ? $_GET['cstock_error'] : '&nbsp;'; ?> <form action="index.php?view=add" method="post"  name="frmList" id="frmList">   <table width="100%" border="0" align="center">     <tr class="title_text">       <td width="100">Category</td>       <td width="400">Brand</td>       <td width="100" align="center">Stock</td>       <td width="100">Date Added</td>       <td width="50">Details</td>       <td width="50">Add</td>       <td width="50">Delete</td>     </tr>     <?php if (dbNumRows($result) > 0) {    $i = 0;        while($row = dbFetchAssoc($result)) {       extract($row);                 if ($i%2) {          $class = 'row1';       } else {          $class = 'row2';       }              $i += 1; ?>     <tr class="<?php echo $class; ?>">       <td width="100"><?php echo $Category; ?></td>       <td width="400"><?php echo $Brand; ?></td>       <td width="100" class="inner_border"><?php echo $Quantity; ?></td>       <td width="100"><?php echo $DateAddedStock; ?></td>       <td width="50"><a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?view=detail&StockID=<?php echo $StockID; ?>">View</a></td>       <td width="50"><a href="javascript:modifyStock(<?php echo $StockID; ?>);"><strong>Add         </strong> </a></td>       <td width="50"><a href="javascript:deleteStock(<?php echo $StockID; ?>);">Delete</a></td>     </tr>     <?php    } // end while   ?>     <tr>       <td colspan="7" align="center">         <?php     echo $pagingLink;    ?>       </td>     </tr>     <?php    } else { ?>     <tr>       <td colspan="7" align="center">No Stock Items Yet</td>     </tr>     <?php } ?>     <tr>       <td colspan="7">&nbsp;</td>     </tr>     <tr>       <td colspan="7" align="right"> <input name="btnAddStock" type="submit" value="New Entry" class="button_image">     </tr>   </table> </form>  <label class="title_text">View Stock:</label> <hr> <table width="100%" border="0">   <tr>     <td><form action="index.php?view=showbybrand" method="post" name="frmByBrand">         <table width="100%" border="0">           <tr>             <td width="200">By Brand:</td>             <td width="200"><select name="sltBrand">                 <option value="0">Select Brand</option>                 <?          $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT Brand FROM cstockitems ORDER BY Brand ASC";          $result = dbQuery($sql);                          if(dbNumRows($result))          {             while($row = dbFetchAssoc($result))             {             echo "<option>$row[Brand]</option>";             }          }                 else                {             echo "<option>No Brands Present</option>";                }      ?>               </select></td>             <td width="200"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Show" class="button_image" onClick="return CheckShowBrandByBrand();">             </td>           </tr>         </table>       </form></td>   </tr>   <tr>     <td><form name="frmByCategory" method="post" action="showbycategory.php">         <table width="100%" border="0">           <tr>             <td width="200">By Category:</td>             <td width="200"><select name="sltCategory">                 <option value="0">Select Category</option>                 <?          $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT Category FROM cstockitems ORDER BY Category ASC";          $result = dbQuery($sql);                          if(dbNumRows($result))          {             while($row = dbFetchAssoc($result))             {             echo "<option>$row[Category]</option>";             }          }                 else                {             echo "<option>No Categories Present</option>";                }      ?>               </select></td>             <td width="200"><input type="submit" name="Submit2" value="Show" class="button_image" onClick="return CheckShowBrandByCategory();"></td>           </tr>         </table>       </form></td>   </tr>   <tr>     <td><form name="frmSearchBrand" method="post" action="showbysearch.php">         <table width="100%" border="0">           <tr>             <td width="200">Search:</td>             <td width="200"><input type="text" name="txtSearchBrand" size="40"></td>             <td width="200"><input type="submit" name="Submit3" value="Search" class="button_image" onClick="return CheckShowBrandBySearch();"></td>           </tr>         </table>       </form></td>   </tr> </table> <label class="title_text">Print product list for re-stocking:</label> <hr> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">   <tr>     <td><a href="exportoutofstockfile.php">Out of stock:</a></td>     <td><a href="exportlowstockfile.php">Low stock:</a></td>     <td><a href="exportwarningstockfile.php">Stock running low:</a></td>    <td><a href="printstocksheet.php">Print stock sheet</a></td>   </tr> </table>   <script> function CheckShowBrandByBrand() {    form = window.document.frmByBrand;        if (form.sltBrand.selectedIndex == 0)    {       alert('You have not selected a brand to view details!');       return false;       }    else    {    return true;    } }  function CheckShowBrandByCategory() {    form = window.document.frmByCategory;        if (form.sltCategory.selectedIndex == 0)    {       alert('You have not selected a Category to view details!');       return false;       }    else    {    return true;    } }  function CheckShowBrandBySearch() {    form = window.document.frmSearchBrand;        if (form.txtSearchBrand.value == "")    {       alert('You have not entered a brand name to search!');       return false;       }    else    {    return true;    } } </script>

But you can see that page has one function so the pagination works well using the variable ($page)

My problem is how to make it work in a page containing multiple functions AND it works in every function
Where should I change without having to make a pagination function for every POST function

My page of functions where I want to use it below:

<? require_once '../../functions.php';    $_SESSION['login_return_url'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; checkUser();  $action = isset($_GET['action']) ? $_GET['action'] : ''; //$page = $_GET['action'];  switch ($action) {    case 'jan' :       sales_January();    break;           case 'feb' :       sales_February();    break;        case 'mar' :       sales_March();    break;           case 'april' :       sales_April();    break;        case 'may' :       sales_May();    break;           case 'june' :       sales_June();    break;        case 'july' :       sales_July();    break;           case 'aug' :       sales_August();    break;        case 'sept' :       sales_September();    break;           case 'oct' :       sales_October();    break;        case 'nov' :       sales_November();    break;           case 'dec' :       sales_December();    break;           case 'allsalestoday' :       allsales_Today();    break;           case 'allsalessevendays' :       allsales_SevenDays();    break;        case 'salesbycategory' :       salesbyCategory();    break;        case 'salesbybrand' :       salesbyBrand();    break;     default : }  function allsales_Today($action) {    $rowsPerPage = 2;     //$sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE SaleDate = current_date';    $sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 1 DAY) <= SaleDate';        //$result = dbQuery($sql);    $result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage));    $pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);        if (dbNumRows($result) == 0) //if none       {         echo '<p><font color=#CC0000><h4>No sales for today were found in the records...</h4></font></p>';       echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';    }    else    {       echo "<h5>Today's sales sales:<p></h5>";       echo '<table width="100%"  border="1" bordercolor="#000000">';      echo'<tr>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Sale No</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Category</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Brand</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Quantity </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Paid By: </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Amount </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Date of Sale </th>';     echo'</tr>';      while($row = dbFetchArray($result))     // while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))      {                 echo'<tr>';          echo'<td align="center">';          $SaleID = $row["SaleID"];                   echo $SaleID. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Category = $row["Category"];                   echo $Category. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Brand = $row["Brand"];                   echo $Brand. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Quantity = $row["Quantity"];                   echo $Quantity. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $PaidBy = $row["PaidBy"];                   echo $PaidBy. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Cost = $row["Cost"];                   echo $Cost. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $SaleDate = $row["SaleDate"];                   echo $SaleDate. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';                   echo '</tr>';              }    echo'</table>';        //paginating link    echo $pagingLink;        echo "<br>"; echo "<strong>Sales figures:</strong>"; echo "<hr>";        $sql_total = 'SELECT PaidBy, SUM(Cost) FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 1 DAY) <= SaleDate GROUP BY PaidBy';        $result = dbQuery($sql_total);             while($row = dbFetchArray($result))         {        echo "Total sales by ". $row['PaidBy']. "<font color=#CC0000> =  Kshs <strong>". $row['SUM(Cost)']; echo "</font></strong>";       echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;"; echo"|"; echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;";       }           $sql_total_final = 'SELECT SUM(Cost) FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 1 DAY) <= SaleDate';        $result = dbQuery($sql_total_final);    while($row = dbFetchArray($result))         {       echo "<strong>All sales = <font color=#CC0000> Kshs " .$row['SUM(Cost)']; echo "</font></strong>" ;       }    }     echo "<br>";    echo '<h4><a href="index.php">Back</a> to sales panel.'; }  function allsales_SevenDays() {    $sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 8 DAY) <= SaleDate';       $result = dbQuery($sql);    ///$result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage));    //$pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);        if (dbNumRows($result) == 0) //if none       {         echo '<p><font color=#CC0000><h4>No sales for the past seven days were found in the records...</h4></font></p>';       echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';    }    else    {       echo '<h5>Sales in the past seven days:<p></h5>';       echo '<table width="100%"  border="1" bordercolor="#000000">';      echo'<tr>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Sale No</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Category</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Brand</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Quantity </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Paid By: </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Amount </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Date of Sale </th>';     echo'</tr>';      while($row = dbFetchArray($result))      {        echo'<tr>';          echo'<td align="center">';          $SaleID = $row["SaleID"];                   echo $SaleID. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Category = $row["Category"];                   echo $Category. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Brand = $row["Brand"];                   echo $Brand. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Quantity = $row["Quantity"];                   echo $Quantity. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $PaidBy = $row["PaidBy"];                   echo $PaidBy. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Cost = $row["Cost"];                   echo $Cost. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $SaleDate = $row["SaleDate"];                   echo $SaleDate. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';                   echo '</tr>';      }    echo'</table>';    //    echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';    } }   ///////////////////////////// function salesbyCategory() {    $byCategory = $_POST['sltCategory'];        $sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE Category = "'.$byCategory.'"';        $result = dbQuery($sql);    ///$result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage));    //$pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);        if (dbNumRows($result) == 0) //if none       {         echo '<p><font color=#CC0000><h4>No sales for the Category "'.$_POST['sltCategory'].'" were found in the records...</h4></font></p>';       echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';    }    else    {       echo '<h5>"'.$_POST['sltCategory'].'" sales:<p></h5>';       echo '<table width="100%"  border="1" bordercolor="#000000">';      echo'<tr>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Sale No</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Category</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Brand</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Quantity </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Paid By: </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Amount </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Date of Sale </th>';     echo'</tr>';      while($row = dbFetchArray($result))      {        echo'<tr>';          echo'<td align="center">';          $SaleID = $row["SaleID"];                   echo $SaleID. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Category = $row["Category"];                   echo $Category. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Brand = $row["Brand"];                   echo $Brand. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Quantity = $row["Quantity"];                   echo $Quantity. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $PaidBy = $row["PaidBy"];                   echo $PaidBy. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Cost = $row["Cost"];                   echo $Cost. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $SaleDate = $row["SaleDate"];                   echo $SaleDate. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';                   echo '</tr>';      }    echo'</table>';    echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';    } }  function salesbyBrand() {    $byBrand = $_POST['sltBrand'];        $sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE Brand = "'.$byBrand.'"';        $result = dbQuery($sql);    ///$result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage));    //$pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);        if (dbNumRows($result) == 0) //if none       {         echo '<p><font color=#CC0000><h4>No sales for the brand  "'.$_POST['sltBrand'].'" were found in the records...</h4></font></p>';       echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';    }    else    {       echo '<h5>"'.$_POST['sltBrand'].'" slaes:<p></h5>';       echo '<table width="100%"  border="1" bordercolor="#000000">';      echo'<tr>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Sale No</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Category</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Brand</th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Quantity </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Paid By: </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Amount </th>';       echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Date of Sale </th>';     echo'</tr>';      while($row = dbFetchArray($result))      {        echo'<tr>';          echo'<td align="center">';          $SaleID = $row["SaleID"];                   echo $SaleID. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Category = $row["Category"];                   echo $Category. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Brand = $row["Brand"];                   echo $Brand. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Quantity = $row["Quantity"];                   echo $Quantity. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $PaidBy = $row["PaidBy"];                   echo $PaidBy. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $Cost = $row["Cost"];                   echo $Cost. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';          echo'<td align="center">';          $SaleDate = $row["SaleDate"];                   echo $SaleDate. "<br>";                   echo'</td align="center">';                   echo '</tr>';      }    echo'</table>';        echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';    } } ?>

I hope I provided clear information...

[code green]

I would forget about your immediate problem and redsign the whole thing.
Are you a self taught programmer?.
I ask because you have developed an unorthordox style.

There is surely no need for one function per month.
The correct way would be one function and pass the month as a parameter.

A function should perform one function not be used as a dump for a mishmash of SQL PHP and HTML

I may be misjudging because I cannot read your code comfortably..
How did you manage to get it all on one line?

[gnawz]

Yes,
I'm a self taught programmer.

I have a drop-down from which one selects to view month (passed as a parameter)

I broke it down just so that one can understand what I mean by having many function but want the same pagination function to work in each.

I copied the code and pasted it.

When you look at my pagination code and my post, how would I use the pagination in a page containing a series of functions?

I would forget about your immediate problem and redesign the whole thing.
Are you a self taught programmer?.
I ask because you have developed an unorthordox style.

There is surely no need for one function per month.
The correct way would be one function and pass the month as a parameter.

A function should perform one function not be used as a dump for a mishmash of SQL PHP and HTML

I may be misjudging because I cannot read your code comfortably..
How did you manage to get it all on one line?

[code green]

I am sorry. I have tried but cannot read your code in its present format.

Any chance of a moderator stepping in and advising gnawz on what he has done to make his code so unreadable.

I am referring only to the layout within the forum.
All on one line and a proliferation of spaces

[Markus]

I am sorry. I have tried but cannot read your code in its present format.

Any chance of a moderator stepping in and advising gnawz on what he has done to make his code so unreadable.

I am referring only to the layout within the forum.
All on one line and a proliferation of spaces

I attempted to format the code, but there's a hell of a lot and I don't have the time.

Gnawz, when you post code in the forums, please format it with indents and new lines so we here can actually read it.

ps: maybe format the code you gave previously and post it again so people can look at it better.

[gnawz]

Dear all,

I have re-posted this thread with my code outside code tags as they are difficult to edit and mess all the code

I have a pagination function in function.php

<?
//Pagination functions
 
function getPagingQuery($sql, $itemPerPage = 10)
{
   if (isset($_GET['page']) && (int)$_GET['page'] > 0)
   {
      $page = (int)$_GET['page'];
   }
   else
   {
      $page = 1;
   }
 
   // start fetching from this row number
   $offset = ($page - 1) * $itemPerPage;
 
   return $sql . " LIMIT $offset, $itemPerPage";
}
 
/*
   Get the links to navigate between one result page to another.
 
*/
 
 
function getPagingLink($sql, $itemPerPage = 10, $strGet = '')
{
   $result        = dbQuery($sql);
   $pagingLink    = '';
   $totalResults  = dbNumRows($result);
   $totalPages    = ceil($totalResults / $itemPerPage);
 
   // how many link pages to show
   $numLinks      = 10;
 
 
   // create the paging links only if theres more than one page of results
   if ($totalPages > 1) {
 
      $self = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ;
 
 
      if (isset($_GET['page']) && (int)$_GET['page'] > 0) {
         $pageNumber = (int)$_GET['page'];
      } else {
         $pageNumber = 1;
      }
 
      // print 'previous' link only if its not
      // on page one
      if ($pageNumber > 1) {
         $page = $pageNumber - 1;
         if ($page > 1) {
            $prev = " <a href=\"$self?page=$page&$strGet/\">[Prev]</a> ";
            ||
            $prev = " <a href=\"$self?action=$action&$strGet/\">[Prev]</a> ";
         } else {
            $prev = " <a href=\"$self?$strGet\">[Prev]</a> ";
         }   
 
         $first = " <a href=\"$self?$strGet\">[First]</a> ";
      } else {
         $prev  = ''; // on page one, don't show 'previous' link
         $first = ''; // nor 'first page' link
      }
 
      // print 'next' link only if its not
      // on the last page
      if ($pageNumber < $totalPages) {
         $page = $pageNumber + 1;
         $next = " <a href=\"$self?page=$page&$strGet\">[Next]</a> "; || " <a href=\"$self?action=$action&$strGet/\">[Prev]</a> ";
         $last = " <a href=\"$self?page=$totalPages&$strGet\">[Last]</a> "; || " <a href=\"$self?action=$action&$strGet/\">[Prev]</a> ";
      } else {
         $next = ''; // if on the last page, don't show 'next' link
         $last = ''; // nor 'last page' link
      }
 
      $start = $pageNumber - ($pageNumber % $numLinks) + 1;
      $end   = $start + $numLinks - 1;      
 
      $end   = min($totalPages, $end);
 
      $pagingLink = array();
      for($page = $start; $page <= $end; $page++)   {
         if ($page == $pageNumber) {
            $pagingLink[] = " $page ";   // no need to create a link to current page
         } else {
            if ($page == 1) {
               $pagingLink[] = " <a href=\"$self?$strGet\">$page</a> ";
            } else {   
               $pagingLink[] = " <a href=\"$self?page=$page&$strGet\">$page</a> ";
            }   
         }
 
      }
 
      $pagingLink = implode(' | ', $pagingLink);
 
      // return the page navigation link
      $pagingLink = $first . $prev . $pagingLink . $next . $last;
   }
 
   return $pagingLink;
}
?>
 
I have used it in  this page (list.php)
 
<?php
if (!defined('WEB_ROOT')) {
   exit;
}
$rowsPerPage = 5;
 
$_SESSION['login_return_url'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
checkUser();
 
$sql = "SELECT * FROM fragrancestock";
$result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage));
$pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);
 
$errorMessage = (isset($_GET['cstock_error']) && $_GET['cstock_error'] != '') ? $_GET['cstock_error'] : '&nbsp;';
?>
<form action="index.php?view=add" method="post"  name="frmList" id="frmList">
  <table width="100%" border="0" align="center">
    <tr class="title_text">
      <td width="100">Category</td>
      <td width="400">Brand</td>
      <td width="100" align="center">Stock</td>
      <td width="100">Date Added</td>
      <td width="50">Details</td>
      <td width="50">Add</td>
      <td width="50">Delete</td>
    </tr>
    <?php
if (dbNumRows($result) > 0) {
   $i = 0;
 
   while($row = dbFetchAssoc($result)) {
      extract($row);
 
      if ($i%2) {
         $class = 'row1';
      } else {
         $class = 'row2';
      }
 
      $i += 1;
?>
    <tr class="<?php echo $class; ?>">
      <td width="100"><?php echo $Category; ?></td>
      <td width="400"><?php echo $Brand; ?></td>
      <td width="100" class="inner_border"><?php echo $Quantity; ?></td>
      <td width="100"><?php echo $DateAddedStock; ?></td>
      <td width="50"><a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?view=detail&StockID=<?php echo $StockID; ?>">View</a></td>
      <td width="50"><a href="javascript:modifyStock(<?php echo $StockID; ?>);"><strong>Add
        </strong> </a></td>
      <td width="50"><a href="javascript:deleteStock(<?php echo $StockID; ?>);">Delete</a></td>
    </tr>
    <?php
   } // end while
 
 
?>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="7" align="center">
        <?php 
   echo $pagingLink;
   ?>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <?php   
} else {
?>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="7" align="center">No Stock Items Yet</td>
    </tr>
    <?php
}
?>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="7">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="7" align="right"> <input name="btnAddStock" type="submit" value="New Entry" class="button_image">
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>
 
<label class="title_text">View Stock:</label>
<hr>
<table width="100%" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td><form action="index.php?view=showbybrand" method="post" name="frmByBrand">
        <table width="100%" border="0">
          <tr>
            <td width="200">By Brand:</td>
            <td width="200"><select name="sltBrand">
                <option value="0">Select Brand</option>
                <?
         $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT Brand FROM cstockitems ORDER BY Brand ASC";
         $result = dbQuery($sql);      
 
         if(dbNumRows($result))
         {
            while($row = dbFetchAssoc($result))
            {
            echo "<option>$row[Brand]</option>";
            }
         }
                else
               {
            echo "<option>No Brands Present</option>";
               }
     ?>
              </select></td>
            <td width="200"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Show" class="button_image" onClick="return CheckShowBrandByBrand();">
            </td>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </form></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><form name="frmByCategory" method="post" action="showbycategory.php">
        <table width="100%" border="0">
          <tr>
            <td width="200">By Category:</td>
            <td width="200"><select name="sltCategory">
                <option value="0">Select Category</option>
                <?
         $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT Category FROM cstockitems ORDER BY Category ASC";
         $result = dbQuery($sql);      
 
         if(dbNumRows($result))
         {
            while($row = dbFetchAssoc($result))
            {
            echo "<option>$row[Category]</option>";
            }
         }
                else
               {
            echo "<option>No Categories Present</option>";
               }
     ?>
              </select></td>
            <td width="200"><input type="submit" name="Submit2" value="Show" class="button_image" onClick="return CheckShowBrandByCategory();"></td>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </form></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><form name="frmSearchBrand" method="post" action="showbysearch.php">
        <table width="100%" border="0">
          <tr>
            <td width="200">Search:</td>
            <td width="200"><input type="text" name="txtSearchBrand" size="40"></td>
            <td width="200"><input type="submit" name="Submit3" value="Search" class="button_image" onClick="return CheckShowBrandBySearch();"></td>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </form></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<label class="title_text">Print product list for re-stocking:</label>
<hr>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
    <td><a href="exportoutofstockfile.php">Out of stock:</a></td>
    <td><a href="exportlowstockfile.php">Low stock:</a></td>
    <td><a href="exportwarningstockfile.php">Stock running low:</a></td>
   <td><a href="printstocksheet.php">Print stock sheet</a></td>
  </tr>
</table>
 
 
<script>
function CheckShowBrandByBrand()
{
   form = window.document.frmByBrand;
 
   if (form.sltBrand.selectedIndex == 0)
   {
      alert('You have not selected a brand to view details!');
      return false;   
   }
   else
   {
   return true;
   }
}
 
function CheckShowBrandByCategory()
{
   form = window.document.frmByCategory;
 
   if (form.sltCategory.selectedIndex == 0)
   {
      alert('You have not selected a Category to view details!');
      return false;   
   }
   else
   {
   return true;
   }
}
 
function CheckShowBrandBySearch()
{
   form = window.document.frmSearchBrand;
 
   if (form.txtSearchBrand.value == "")
   {
      alert('You have not entered a brand name to search!');
      return false;   
   }
   else
   {
   return true;
   }
}
</script>
<?
?>

and it has worked well.

However, I need help on how to use it in a page with multiple functions as below

<?
require_once '../../functions.php';
 
 
$_SESSION['login_return_url'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
checkUser();
 
$action = isset($_GET['action']) ? $_GET['action'] : '';
//$page = $_GET['action'];
 
switch ($action)
{
      case 'allsalestoday' :
      allsales_Today();
   break;
 
      case 'allsalessevendays' :
      allsales_SevenDays();
   break;
 
   case 'salesbycategory' :
      salesbyCategory();
   break;
 
   case 'salesbybrand' :
      salesbyBrand();
   break;
 
default :
}
 
$_SESSION['login_return_url'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
checkUser();
 
$action = isset($_GET['action']) ? $_GET['action'] : '';
//$page = $_GET['action'];
 
switch ($action)
{
 
 
default :
}
 
function allsales_Today($action)
{
   $rowsPerPage = 2;
 
   //$sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE SaleDate = current_date';
   $sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 1 DAY) <= SaleDate';
 
   //$result = dbQuery($sql);
   $result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage));
   $pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);
 
   if (dbNumRows($result) == 0) //if none   
   {
        echo '<p><font color=#CC0000><h4>No sales for today were found in the records...</h4></font></p>';
      echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';
   }
   else
   {
      echo "<h5>Today's sales sales:<p></h5>";
      echo '<table width="100%"  border="1" bordercolor="#000000">';
     echo'<tr>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Sale No</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Category</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Brand</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Quantity </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Paid By: </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Amount </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Date of Sale </th>';
    echo'</tr>';
     while($row = dbFetchArray($result))
    // while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
     {
 
       echo'<tr>';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $SaleID = $row["SaleID"];
                  echo $SaleID. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Category = $row["Category"];
                  echo $Category. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Brand = $row["Brand"];
                  echo $Brand. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Quantity = $row["Quantity"];
                  echo $Quantity. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $PaidBy = $row["PaidBy"];
                  echo $PaidBy. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Cost = $row["Cost"];
                  echo $Cost. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $SaleDate = $row["SaleDate"];
                  echo $SaleDate. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
 
        echo '</tr>';
 
     }
   echo'</table>';
 
   //paginating link
   echo $pagingLink;
 
   echo "<br>"; echo "<strong>Sales figures:</strong>"; echo "<hr>";
 
   $sql_total = 'SELECT PaidBy, SUM(Cost) FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 1 DAY) <= SaleDate GROUP BY PaidBy';
 
   $result = dbQuery($sql_total);
 
 
 
   while($row = dbFetchArray($result))
        {
       echo "Total sales by ". $row['PaidBy']. "<font color=#CC0000> =  Kshs <strong>". $row['SUM(Cost)']; echo "</font></strong>";
      echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;"; echo"|"; echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;";
      }
 
   $sql_total_final = 'SELECT SUM(Cost) FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 1 DAY) <= SaleDate';
 
   $result = dbQuery($sql_total_final);
   while($row = dbFetchArray($result))
        {
      echo "<strong>All sales = <font color=#CC0000> Kshs " .$row['SUM(Cost)']; echo "</font></strong>" ;
      }
   }
 
   echo "<br>";
   echo '<h4><a href="index.php">Back</a> to sales panel.';
}
 
function allsales_SevenDays()
{
   $sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 8 DAY) <= SaleDate';   
   $result = dbQuery($sql);
   ///$result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage));
   //$pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);
 
   if (dbNumRows($result) == 0) //if none   
   {
        echo '<p><font color=#CC0000><h4>No sales for the past seven days were found in the records...</h4></font></p>';
      echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';
   }
   else
   {
      echo '<h5>Sales in the past seven days:<p></h5>';
      echo '<table width="100%"  border="1" bordercolor="#000000">';
     echo'<tr>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Sale No</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Category</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Brand</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Quantity </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Paid By: </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Amount </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Date of Sale </th>';
    echo'</tr>';
     while($row = dbFetchArray($result))
     {
       echo'<tr>';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $SaleID = $row["SaleID"];
                  echo $SaleID. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Category = $row["Category"];
                  echo $Category. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Brand = $row["Brand"];
                  echo $Brand. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Quantity = $row["Quantity"];
                  echo $Quantity. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $PaidBy = $row["PaidBy"];
                  echo $PaidBy. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Cost = $row["Cost"];
                  echo $Cost. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $SaleDate = $row["SaleDate"];
                  echo $SaleDate. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
 
        echo '</tr>';
     }
   echo'</table>';
   //
   echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';
   }
}
 
 
/////////////////////////////
function salesbyCategory()
{
   $byCategory = $_POST['sltCategory'];
 
   $sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE Category = "'.$byCategory.'"';
 
   $result = dbQuery($sql);
   ///$result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage));
   //$pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);
 
   if (dbNumRows($result) == 0) //if none   
   {
        echo '<p><font color=#CC0000><h4>No sales for the Category "'.$_POST['sltCategory'].'" were found in the records...</h4></font></p>';
      echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';
   }
   else
   {
      echo '<h5>"'.$_POST['sltCategory'].'" sales:<p></h5>';
      echo '<table width="100%"  border="1" bordercolor="#000000">';
     echo'<tr>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Sale No</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Category</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Brand</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Quantity </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Paid By: </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Amount </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Date of Sale </th>';
    echo'</tr>';
     while($row = dbFetchArray($result))
     {
       echo'<tr>';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $SaleID = $row["SaleID"];
                  echo $SaleID. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Category = $row["Category"];
                  echo $Category. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Brand = $row["Brand"];
                  echo $Brand. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Quantity = $row["Quantity"];
                  echo $Quantity. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $PaidBy = $row["PaidBy"];
                  echo $PaidBy. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Cost = $row["Cost"];
                  echo $Cost. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $SaleDate = $row["SaleDate"];
                  echo $SaleDate. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
 
        echo '</tr>';
     }
   echo'</table>';
   echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';
   }
}
 
function salesbyBrand()
{
   $byBrand = $_POST['sltBrand'];
 
   $sql = 'SELECT * FROM cstocksales WHERE Brand = "'.$byBrand.'"';
 
   $result = dbQuery($sql);
   ///$result     = dbQuery(getPagingQuery($sql, $rowsPerPage));
   //$pagingLink = getPagingLink($sql, $rowsPerPage);
 
   if (dbNumRows($result) == 0) //if none   
   {
        echo '<p><font color=#CC0000><h4>No sales for the brand  "'.$_POST['sltBrand'].'" were found in the records...</h4></font></p>';
      echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';
   }
   else
   {
      echo '<h5>"'.$_POST['sltBrand'].'" slaes:<p></h5>';
      echo '<table width="100%"  border="1" bordercolor="#000000">';
     echo'<tr>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Sale No</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Category</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Brand</th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Quantity </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Paid By: </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Amount </th>';
      echo'<th scope="col" bgcolor="#66FFFF">Date of Sale </th>';
    echo'</tr>';
     while($row = dbFetchArray($result))
     {
       echo'<tr>';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $SaleID = $row["SaleID"];
                  echo $SaleID. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Category = $row["Category"];
                  echo $Category. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Brand = $row["Brand"];
                  echo $Brand. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Quantity = $row["Quantity"];
                  echo $Quantity. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $PaidBy = $row["PaidBy"];
                  echo $PaidBy. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $Cost = $row["Cost"];
                  echo $Cost. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
         echo'<td align="center">';
         $SaleDate = $row["SaleDate"];
                  echo $SaleDate. "<br>";
                  echo'</td align="center">';
 
        echo '</tr>';
     }
   echo'</table>';
 
   echo 'Go back <a href="index.php">Here</a> for another search.';
   }
}
?>

When I use it in functions that are contained in one page, I shows the first page but when I click next, it goes blank as it only recognises the page, not the function or action

Eg it shows this for page 2 which is blank....

http://localhost/cstock/admin/viewsa...es.php?page=2&

yet I would like it to show

http://localhost/cstock/admin/viewsa...stoday&page=2&

and so on... ie It should maintain the search action (function) in subsequent paginations.

Some body help

[Markus]

I won't give you a formal warning for not using code tags, as I believe you knowingly did it with the best intentions. But you must use code tags.

[ak1dnar]

Merged with duplicate thread (thread843785.h tml). Thanks

[code green]

This is an awful lot of code, and that is in both sense of the word awful.Neverthel ess I cannot see where you have written the 'action' value in the URL.
that you are trying to read. [PHP]$action = isset($_GET['action']) ? $_GET['action'] : '';[/PHP]
But the code meanders and repeats itself so much it is too tiring to decipher.
I still stand by my first suggestion

[pbmods]

Hey, y'all. Please keep the unnecessary criticisms to a minimum and focus on solving the OP's problem.

We've all been beginners at one point or another; it's a stage everyone goes through, and code improves with experience.

gnawz, thanks for re-posting your code. I'll have a look at it shortly.