php sorting through mysql

[Muk108]

how can i get my page to sort through data alphabeticly(sp) and with a limit on how many results it can display and then to top it off go to the next page of results if nessasary? i know how to do it in mysql but i dont know how to make a page out of this. can someone help me out?

[anfpunk]

I've been trying to figure this out. I started looking through PhpMyAdmin's code. in sql.php I found:

$sql_limit_to_append = " LIMIT $pos, ".$cfg['MaxRows']; 

So I'm guessing it's something like:

"SELECT * from users ORDER BY username LIMIT 11, 10" 

I'm bout to go to bed or I would test it.

[Muk108]

i know how to do it throught sql i just want the php for the users to choose what they want...

[anfpunk]

If that works then just use $_GET variables and set the limit with variables in the MySQL query. The MySQL query is the hard part.

[Muk108]

would it be something like...

$sql = "select * from alumni ORDER BY alumni_name ASC WHERE(alumni_name BETWEEN " . "a"/*$_GET['ltr']*/ . " AND " ."a"/* $_GET['ltr'] */. ") LIMIT 0 , 20";

would it be something like that?

[Muk108]

i found a better way of doing it....

if ($sltr=="") {
if ($_GET['sltr']=="") {
$sltr = "a";
} else {
$sltr = $_GET['sltr'];
}
if ($_GET['eltr']=="") {
$eltr = "z";
} else {
$eltr = $_GET['eltr'];
}

$sql = "SELECT * FROM alumni WHERE(alumni_name BETWEEN '" . $sltr . "' AND '" . $eltr . "')"  . "ORDER BY alumni_name ASC" ;
} 

thanks for the input there. now just to get the page number display.