PHP Increment/Decrement

[jadecook]

This might sound a bit noobish but I am having trouble creating a increment/decrement button. So basically, I created a website that uses Tumblr feed to view photos that I've tagged. For example, if I pass a variable called "nav" that equals california, it will show all of my photos from california by using this code.

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<?php
$location = $_GET['nav'];
echo "<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged/" . $_REQUEST["nav"] . "/js' type='text/javascript'></script>";
?>


But the problem I am having is that it only shows the first 10 photos and in order for me to view the next page I have to add this into the code.

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<?php
$location = $_GET['nav'];
echo "<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged/" . $_REQUEST["nav"] . "/page/2/js' type='text/javascript'></script>";
?>


And so on...

I want to be able to add a button to change the variable after "page/". And another thing is, the first page cannot read "page/1", because when I do it doesn't show anything. So the first page has to be the first script, and then after they press a "next" button, it has to go to the second code.

Any help would be amazing!

[pretentious]

only kinda half read the question. Methinks just put the second piece of code into a loop and increment the $pageNumber variable. If i'm totally off the mark, whoops

[Shade_of_Gray]

There are probably several ways to do this. This is probably the easiest way to understand conceptually:

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<?php
$location = $_REQUEST['nav'];
$page = $_REQUEST['page'];
if ($page <= 1)
{
   echo "<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged/" . $location . "/js' type='text/javascript'></script>";
}
else
{
   echo "<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged/" . $location . "page/" . $page . "/js' type='text/javascript'></script>";
}
?>


Of course, in order for this to work, you'll have to keep track of which page you're on. There are again several ways you could do this, but the easiest is probably to keep the current page number in a hidden form field. Then, just have a "next" button and a "previous" button, and check which one was clicked by testing to see if the appropriate $_POST index is set:

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$location = $_REQUEST['nav'];
$page = $_POST['page'];
if (isset($_POST['next']))
{
   $page++;
}
else if (isset($_POST['previous']))
{
   $page--;
}

if ($page <= 1)
{
   echo "<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged/" . $location . "/js' type='text/javascript'></script>";
}
else
{
   echo "<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged/" . $location . "page/" . $page . "/js' type='text/javascript'></script>";
}


That should be enough to get you started. I'd also suggest thinking about how you can disable the previous or next buttons when you are on the first or last page of their range - with the code above, what happens if you click the "previous" button while you're on page 1? Then what happens if you click the next button?

If you have any questions or if I wasn't clear about something, please let me know and I'll try to explain further. =)

[jadecook]

There are probably several ways to do this.

Just one question! How do I make the previous and next buttons? Would it just be:

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<input type="submit" value="previous"><input type="submit" value="next">

Thank you so much!

[Shade_of_Gray]

Yup! Only use the "name" attribute rather than the "value" attribute:

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<input type="submit" name="previous" value="Previous"><input type="submit" name="next" value="Next">


The "name" attribute is what corresponds to the key in the $_POST array (so, in this case, $_POST['previous']). The "value" attribute corresponds to the value stored in $_POST['previous'] when the script is called.

Got it? =)

[jadecook]

When I press the buttons the page doesn't reload with the new variables /:

[Shade_of_Gray]

Could you post your current code?

[jadecook]

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<?php
$location = $_REQUEST['nav'];
$page = $_POST['page'];
if (isset($_POST['next']))
{
   $page++;
}
else if (isset($_POST['previous']))
{
   $page--;
}

if ($page <= 1)
{
   echo "<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged/" . $location . "/js' type='text/javascript'></script>";
}
else
{
   echo "<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged/" . $location . "page/" . $page . "/js' type='text/javascript'></script>";
}
?>

<input type="submit" name="previous" value="Previous"><input type="submit" name="next" value="Next">



[Shade_of_Gray]

Submit buttons need to be embedded in a form element:

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_form.asp

[jadecook]

Alright, still having a problem. I'm using this code:

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<?php
$location = $_REQUEST['nav'];
$page = $_POST['page'];
if (isset($_POST['next']))
{
   $page++;
}
else if (isset($_POST['previous']))
{
   $page--;
}

if ($page <= 1)
{
   echo "<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged/" . $_REQUEST["job"] . "/js' type='text/javascript'></script>";
}
else
{
   echo "<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged/" . $_REQUEST["job"] . "page/" . $_REQUEST["page"] . "/js' type='text/javascript'></script>";
}
?>

<form>
<input type="submit" name="previous" value="previous">
<input type="submit" name="next" value="next">
</form>

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But now then I press "next" all I get is: http://mysite.com/preview/preview.php?next=next

And in the source it reads:

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<script src='http://myblog.tumblr.com/tagged//js' type='text/javascript'></script>

So it's not carrying over the "job" and it's not going to the next page.

Idk what to do!