Re: how to get rid of that annoying |

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:47 AM, PJ<af.gourmet@videotron.ca> wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: >> >> >> 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 $i, " | "; >>>>>>> } >>>>> ---------------| >>>>>>> echo " | ... ".(($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( ' | ', $links ); >> >> ?> >> >> Hope that helps. > I'm afraid I still don't understand. I think you are seeing something > that I don't see. What do you mean by link in the present context... are > you talking about some snippet of code equaling each page or every page > in the db? This is an ever growing db. > > Anyway, I finally found the error of my ways (at least in this code). It > may look sloppy, but then I haven't looked that hard for other examples. > Some I found were too simple, others too bloated. > At least, this one works for what I need and does exactly what I wanted. > :-) > Here's the final fixed code; some obvious (I hope) variables are left > out and precede the code: > > echo (($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>ceil($count/$records_per_page)) >    continue; >  elseif ($i!=$page) >    echo "<a href='".build_url("books.php", "page", > $i)."'>$i</a>", " | "; >  else >    echo $i, " | "; > } > echo " ... ".(($page<ceil($count/$records_per_page))?"<a > href='".build_url("books.php", "page", > $page+1)."'>next</a>":"next"); > if ($page==ceil($count/$records_per_page)) >  echo " ... last"; > elseif ($i!=ceil($count/$records_per_page)) echo "  ... > ".(($page<ceil($count/$records_per_page)+$records_per_page)?"<a > href='".build_url("books.php", "page", > ceil($count/$records_per_page))."'>last</a>":"last"); > else echo "  ... ".(($page<$count)?"<a > href='".build_url("books.php", > "page", > ceil($count/$records_per_page))."'>last</a>":"last"); > 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>"; > > If there is a way to simplify things, please do let me know (with an > example, please) > PJ > > > > -- > Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la plančte, sortez du capitalisme." > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com >   http://www.ptahhotep.com >   http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-4092.html http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-4093.html are two paging examples that I wrote some time ago -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat