Re: how to get rid of that annoying |

PJ wrote:

Robert Cummings wrote:

PJ wrote:

Robert Cummings wrote:

PJ wrote:

I know this a silly question, but I can't figure out if it's even possible to get rid of that final annoying | in my pagination script. <?echo "<p>Navigation</p>"; echo (($page !=1)?"<a href='".build_url("books.php", "page", 1)."'>first</a>":"first")." ... "; echo (($page>1)?"<a href='".build_url("books.php", "page", $page-1)."'>prev</a>":"prev")." | "; for($i=$page; $i<=($page+$records_per_page-2)+1; $i++){ if ($i!=$page && $i<ceil($count/$records_per_page))

    echo "<a href='".build_url("books.php", "page", $i)."'>$i</a>", "

| "; elseif ($i>ceil($count/$records_per_page))

    continue;

else echo $i, " | "; }

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echo " | ... ".(($page<$count)?"<a href='".build_url("books.php", "page", $page+1)."'>next</a>":"next"); echo " ... ".(($page<$count)?"<a href='".build_url("books.php", "page", ceil($count/$records_per_page))."'>last</a>":"last"); //echo "<p>Table Order</p>"; echo "<br />Ordered alphabetically by book title : "; echo $dir=="ASC"?"Ascending":"<a href='".build_url("books.php", "dir", "asc")."'>Ascending</a>"; echo " | "; echo $dir=="DESC"?"Descending":"<a href='".build_url("books.php", "dir", "desc")."'>Descending</a>"; echo "<br />";?> This produces a very nifty pagination - the problem is how to get rid of the final pages that show up as greater than what is available. The script above works fine, except it leaves that final | ... Any simple solutions?

Do it differently... build an array of the appropriate entries. When done, use implode( ' | ', $yourArray ). Cheers, Rob.

Hate to disappoint you all, but I finally found the errant | . Ridiculous, really, that I bothered you all. it's in the line indicated above --- echo " | ... " --- lose the | and it all works like a charm.

:-)     ;-)

You didn't disappoint me... I've seen code like that before, I just thought you'd benefit from a cleaner approach instead of the above mess.

Actually, as I am new to this, I still have another little glitch which is a pita. Oh, I know it's a bit of a mess; I have a hard time following, myself. But, being lazy, I'm trying to fix thigs with a band-aid. :-( But I don't understand how I would "build an array of the appropriate entries"... what entries do you mean?

You have links, each separated by the pipe '|' character. Add each link to a links array: <?php

    $links = array();
    foreach( $items as $item )
    {
        $links[] = '<a href="#">'.$item.'</a>';
    }

    echo implode( ' | ', $links );

?> Hope that helps. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP