in_array()/finding page Problem

I think I have a flaw of logic in trying to find the correct page in a mutli-page sql result. Goal - find the correct page [results.php?page=x] when linking from another page. Current method - loop through a pagination function looking for the matching $id in an array [simplified for illustration]: [find $maxpages] $page =1; $catch=array(); while($page <= $maxpages) { [set start #] $result = [get sql results - limit $startnumber, 12] while($record = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { extract($record); $catch[] = $found_id; } if(in_array($real_id, $catch, TRUE)) { $here = $page; } $page++; } echo "results.php?page=$here"; I never seem to get a "true" return on in_array(), and in testing, I don't seem to be getting a full result set with my look up. I feel that I am missing something in the logic - or I am approaching this from the wrong direction. I originally wanted to do the while test as "if in_array is FALSE, continue loop" but I couldn't get that to work at all. Thank you for any help you can give this newbie. --