Ah, Miiverse. While the rest of the world may have forgotten about this uniquely ‘Nintendo’ take on social networking, dedicated fans still get all misty-eyed when they talk about the short-lived portal. Miiverse was home to some truly amazing content (ahem), but when the Wii U died, it took the service with it.

Nintendo pulled the plug on what many were hoping would be a gaming-focused version of Twitter in late 2017, and would also shutter Miitomo – which felt in some way like an off-shoot of Miiverse – not long after its launch, too.

Taking this into account, it would seem that Nintendo has decided against creating its own unique social networking tool for the time being, then – but a recent Japanese job posting spotted online (thanks, Madison) has raised admittedly very slim hopes that Miiverse could be making a triumphant return:

While a job listing mentioning Miiverse clearly isn’t a solid indication that it’s coming back, it did get us thinking – would we want Miiverse to be resurrected in 2020? You could argue that Switch is just as suitable a platform for the service as the Wii U was – it has a touchscreen and is more portable, for starters – and we have to admit we do miss the idea of communities growing up around each game release, with people sharing hints and tips as well as some amazing artwork. We also liked the way in which Miiverse content could be integrated into games.

However, policing Miiverse was clearly a big task and we can understand why Nintendo might be reluctant to bring it back. We also know that not every Wii U owner made full use of it, so you could argue that Nintendo’s energies are better spent elsewhere. If Miiverse were to return, it would most likely need something of an overhaul to bring it up to speed with the needs of modern players.

Whatever your opinion, vote in the poll below and be sure to leave a comment explaining your thoughts on Miiverse, and if you’d like to see it be reborn from the social media ashes.

Last week, Nintendo revealed its new DLC fighter Byleth for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. At the time, Masahiro Sakurai explained how the latest addition to the roster would take a little more time to prepare and wouldn’t be available until 28th January.

Now, in a small update over on Twitter, the Nintendo Versus account has reminded fans the Version 7.0 will be arriving within a week. It’s expected to include fighter adjustments, and as usual, replay data from previous versions will no longer be compatible.

Byleth will be followed by another six fighters. There’ll even be a new pass called the ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass Vol. 2’ made available for pre-purchase on 28th January that comes with the Breath of the Wild Ancient Soldier costume (for the Mii Fighter).

Are you looking forward to playing as Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses in Nintendo’s all-star brawler? Tell us in the comments below.

This Week at Bungie, the path was found.

The Corridors of Time have been charted. Guardians from around the world took on the monumental challenge of navigating time itself, some losing their minds in the process. We’d never shipped a puzzle of this size before, and watching the community engagement was a thrill in itself. We’ve seen a few requests for commentary on the creation and development of this puzzle. As always, we’re happy to invite you behind the scenes and share some of the thinking that goes into the experiences you play.

Destiny Dev Team: Over the past week, we’ve watched in awe as the community came together to solve one of Destiny’s most complex puzzles to date. Everyone who took the time to participate in the solution will be remembered for years to come – whether you submitted a screenshot, transcribed puzzle pieces, generated maps, wrote code, worked the data, or cat-wrangled this monumental team effort. Please take a moment to congratulate yourselves. Your efforts and accomplishments were truly inspiring. Watching the first players solve the puzzle in the early hours of Monday morning was a career highlight for many of us on the Development Team.

With the puzzle solved and the Corridors of Time closing next week, we wanted to take a moment to talk about our goals and early designs for this puzzle.

When we started planning the puzzle, we created a few goals to guide our development:

Now, we look ahead. We’ve got a rundown of performance issues that are currently under investigation, and another patch note preview for next week’s update!

Performance Pass

Over the last few months, we’ve been gathering feedback associated with game performance. This translates to moments when you may see framerate drops during activities or long load times when accessing a menu. The team has been deep in the code, looking for potential causes of these issues.

Next week, we’ll have a few performance issues addressed in Destiny 2 Update 2.7.1, including:

Some proposed fixes are currently in development for the below items. These need to pass through rigorous testing before they’ll find their way to a future edition of patch notes:

Patch Note Preview, v2

Last week, we had a short and sweet preview of what’s coming in Destiny 2 Update 2.7.1. While Hard Light is creating some excitement, we have a few more patch notes addressing Quests, Seals, Exotic perks, and more.

Investment

We’ll have a few more notes to share; expect the full list on Tuesday when Update 2.7.1 becomes available.

A Memento in Time

Keeping track of every timetable in development could make your head spin. Luckily, you have Destiny Player Support at your service, and they don’t shy away from the task. Known issues, release timelines, and more can be found below.

This is their report.

PASSAGEWAY OF THE AGES

With the Destiny Community changing the timeline, the Corridors of Time have become unstable and will only be available until the weekly reset on Tuesday, January 28.

Players have until this time to collect the 19 “The Pigeon and the Phoenix” Lore pieces and the “Savior of the Past” emblem, along with a heartfelt message from Saint-14.

UNLOCKING BASTION

We have noticed that some players are having issues getting their Bastion Exotic Fusion Rifle quest from Saint-14. To claim the quest, players need to fully complete the Saint-14 storyline. This includes completing the following quests that can be claimed from Osiris:

After completing these three quests and claiming their triumphs, players can visit Saint-14 in the Tower to pick up the “Memento” quest located in his inventory.

UPDATE 2.7.1 AND RESOLVED ISSUES

Next Tuesday, January 28, we will release Destiny 2 Update 2.7.1. This update will resolve some issues currently affecting players. Here is another preview of some of the issues that will be resolved:

CURRENT KNOWN ISSUES

Here is a list of the latest known issues that were reported to us in our #Help Forum:

• The Efrideet’s Gift triumph isn’t unlocking for players who collect 50 Iron Banner packages from Lord Saladin.
• When resetting Infamy rank, progress gets reset for the “Get Closer” step for the Green With Envy quest.
• The Sundial Fractaline Extractor III, obtained from the Nessus Obelisk, incorrectly states an increased chance to find Polarized Fractaline when completing Vanguard Strikes. The enhancement actually increases the chance to find Polarized Fractaline when completing the Sundial and the Menagerie.
• The three Dreaming Tokens given to players during the Wish-Ender quest, sometimes do not all go into a player’s inventory and cannot be reacquired on that character.
• The Warlock’s Arc Web no longer chain-lightnings enemies.

For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, players can review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum.

Precision and Focus

This week, our selections are keeping an eye on their respective battlegrounds. In one, the slightest movement can result in a headshot. For the other, coordinating flesh and metal to produce an amazing musical cover, something you could headbang to as you march to victory.

Movie of the Week: Revocation

Honorable Mention: Zulmak Metal

That’s a wrap for this week. As we near the end of the season, we’ve got a few final stops on the roadmap. Next week, Cozmo will bring some details concerning the Empyrian Foundation, which is just under two weeks away.

We’ll see you again soon.

Cheers,

-Dmg04

The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry!

Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.

Location: Bellevue, Washington

Tenacious Entertainment is seeking a talented and enthusiastic UI Artist / Designer to join our passionate team. We have a very exciting opportunity for a talented and ambitious individual who is looking to grow with a new studio launching their first game.

We are a new mobile gaming studio located in Bellevue, WA. We are creating a culture and environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and innovation in everything we do. We don’t just want to make games, we want to make games that are truly innovative and stand out from the rest.

Responsibilities

• Design and create high quality 2D art assets.
• Design layouts, flows, and interactions for our game’s UI based off our game system designs
• Document flows and interactions to clearly communicate designs to the team.
• Rapidly prototype, iterate, and refine ideas based on feedback.
• Collaborate and keep a constant line of communication open with stakeholders to ensure you are in sync with each other’s needs.
• Support additional 2D art efforts for the studio and game as needed.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ professional experience creating 2d art and designing UIs.
• Very strong skills with 2D art design software.
• Experience in using a wide variety of art styles.
• Self-starter and problem-solving mindset.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong collaboration skills.
• Passion for video games.

Bonus

• Experience creating concept art.
• Experience implementing UI in Unity or similar game engine.
• Experience working on mobile and/or live service games.
• Experience working on action, MOBA, and/or fighting genre games.
• Startup or small company experience.

Join our team! To apply please go to the following link: https://tenaciousentertainment.com/caree...-designer/

This is a full time on-site position at our studios in Bellevue, Washington.

Interested? Apply now.

Whether you’re just starting out, looking for something new, or just seeing what’s out there, the Gamasutra Job Board is the place where game developers move ahead in their careers.

Gamasutra’s Job Board is the most diverse, most active, and most established board of its kind in the video game industry, serving companies of all sizes, from indie to triple-A.

Looking for a new job? Get started here. Are you a recruiter looking for talent? Post jobs here.

The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry!

Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.

Location: Waltham​, Massachusetts 

Boston Dynamics is a world-class robotics company with a diverse collection of projects. We build back-flipping humanoids that push the limits of mobility.  We sell rugged, customizable quadrupeds for industrial applications. We also are changing the field of logistics. Our project teams are multidisciplinary but united by a passion for advancing the field of robotics. In order to achieve our goals, we rely strongly on collaboration and cross-team communication. At Boston Dynamics, our shared software contributes to the success of our projects, products, prototypes, and engineering staff. Our software engineers work tightly with the entire company.

Day to day activities:

• Design and develop new features and advanced applications for the Android platform using Java and Kotlin.
• Collaborate with the UX team and Product Managers to understand product needs and recommend the best technical solution.
• Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Help define development/design standards and best practices.
• Responsible for bug fixing and improving application performance.

Desired skills:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related discipline preferred
• 2+ years of mobile development experience (Android with Java and/or Kotlin preferred)
• Experience with OpenGL ES is a plus

Who are we a good fit for?

We love working with talented people and seek out passionate co-workers with a collaborative spirit. Our work moves quickly and we’re great at coming together to find creative solutions to some of techs most challenging problems. If that sounds good to you, join us.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.

Interested? Apply now.

Whether you’re just starting out, looking for something new, or just seeing what’s out there, the Gamasutra Job Board is the place where game developers move ahead in their careers.

Gamasutra’s Job Board is the most diverse, most active, and most established board of its kind in the video game industry, serving companies of all sizes, from indie to triple-A.

Looking for a new job? Get started here. Are you a recruiter looking for talent? Post jobs here.

Bloober Team, the studio behind games like Layers of Fear: Legacy, BRAWL and Observer, has today shared a cryptic little video on Twitter. It appears to tease a new cyberpunk horror game, and all signs are pointing towards it being an Observer sequel.

You can see the tease – a 30-second video with looped footage – for yourself below. The whole thing screams Observer to us, but as spotted by our friends over at Push Square, one fan cracked a piece of binary code flashing on-screen which appears to really give the game away (literally).

Yes, “Daniel are you there?” is likely referencing Daniel Lazarski, the protagonist of the original game. Speaking of the original, we really enjoyed our time with it when playing it for review so a sequel would be most welcome indeed. Here’s a snippet of what we said:

“Despite threatening to fizzle under the weight of its reverence for Blade Runner, Observer manages to craft an impressive and affecting horror experience on Switch that doesn’t outstay its welcome… This port walks a technical tightrope and falters a little in docked mode, but fares much better as a handheld experience – its ambition and rich world-building are admirable enough to make up for any technical shortcomings.

All will be revealed soon, we’re sure. Until then, though, why not let us know if you’d be up for a sequel to Observer in the comments below.

When I first learned about regular expressions, I didn’t appreciate their power. But there’s a reason regular expressions have survived seven decades of technological disruption: coders who understand regular expressions have a massive advantage when working with textual data. They can write in a single line of code what takes others dozens!

This article is all about the search() method of Python’s re library. To learn about the easy-to-use but less powerful findall() method that returns a list of string matches, check out our article about the similar findall() method.

So how does the re.search() method work? Let’s study the specification.

How Does re.search() Work in Python?

The re.search(pattern, string) method matches the first occurrence of the pattern in the string and returns a match object.

Specification:

re.search(pattern, string, flags=0)

The re.search() method has up to three arguments.

• pattern: the regular expression pattern that you want to match.
• string: the string which you want to search for the pattern.
• flags (optional argument): a more advanced modifier that allows you to customize the behavior of the function. Want to know how to use those flags? Check out this detailed article on the Finxter blog.

We’ll explore them in more detail later.

Return Value:

The re.search() method returns a match object. You may ask (and rightly so):

What’s a Match Object?

If a regular expression matches a part of your string, there’s a lot of useful information that comes with it: what’s the exact position of the match? Which regex groups were matched—and where?

The match object is a simple wrapper for this information. Some regex methods of the re package in Python—such as search()—automatically create a match object upon the first pattern match.

At this point, you don’t need to explore the match object in detail. Just know that we can access the start and end positions of the match in the string by calling the methods m.start() and m.end() on the match object m:

>>> m = re.search('h...o', 'hello world')

>>> m.start()

0

>>> m.end()

5

>>> 'hello world'[m.start():m.end()] 'hello'

In the first line, you create a match object m by using the re.search() method. The pattern ‘h…o’ matches in the string ‘hello world’ at start position 0. You use the start and end position to access the substring that matches the pattern (using the popular Python technique of slicing).

Now, you know the purpose of the match() object in Python. Let’s check out a few examples of re.search()!

A Guided Example for re.search()

First, you import the re module and create the text string to be searched for the regex patterns:

>>> import re

>>> text = ''' Ha! let me see her: out, alas! he's cold: Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff; Life and these lips have long been separated: Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field. '''

Let’s say you want to search the text for the string ‘her’:

>>> re.search('her', text)

<re.Match object; span=(20, 23), match='her'>

The first argument is the pattern to be found. In our case, it’s the string ‘her’. The second argument is the text to be analyzed. You stored the multi-line string in the variable text—so you take this as the second argument. You don’t need to define the optional third argument flags of the search() method because you’re fine with the default behavior in this case.

Look at the output: it’s a match object! The match object gives the span of the match—that is the start and stop indices of the match. We can also directly access those boundaries by using the start() and stop() methods of the match object:

>>> m = re.search('her', text)

>>> m.start()

20

>>> m.end()

23

The problem is that the search() method only retrieves the first occurrence of the pattern in the string. If you want to find all matches in the string, you may want to use the findall() method of the re library.

What’s the Difference Between re.search() and re.findall()?

There are two differences between the re.search(pattern, string) and re.findall(pattern, string) methods:

• re.search(pattern, string) returns a match object while re.findall(pattern, string) returns a list of matching strings.
• re.search(pattern, string) returns only the first match in the string while re.findall(pattern, string) returns all matches in the string.

Both can be seen in the following example:

>>> text = 'Python is superior to Python'

>>> re.search('Py...n', text)

<re.Match object; span=(0, 6), match='Python'>

>>> re.findall('Py...n', text)

['Python', 'Python']

The string ‘Python is superior to Python’ contains two occurrences of ‘Python’. The search() method only returns a match object of the first occurrence. The findall() method returns a list of all occurrences.

What’s the Difference Between re.search() and re.match()?

The methods re.search(pattern, string) and re.match(pattern, string) both return a match object of the first match. However, re.match() attempts to match at the beginning of the string while re.search() matches anywhere in the string.

You can see this difference in the following code:

>>> text = 'Slim Shady is my name'

>>> re.search('Shady', text)

<re.Match object; span=(5, 10), match='Shady'>

>>> re.match('Shady', text)

>>>

The re.search() method retrieves the match of the ‘Shady’ substring as a match object. But if you use the re.match() method, there is no match and no return value because the substring ‘Shady’ does not occur at the beginning of the string ‘Slim Shady is my name’.

How to Use the Optional Flag Argument?

As you’ve seen in the specification, the search() method comes with an optional third ‘flag’ argument:

re.search(pattern, string, flags=0)

What’s the purpose of the flags argument?

Flags allow you to control the regular expression engine. Because regular expressions are so powerful, they are a useful way of switching on and off certain features (for example, whether to ignore capitalization when matching your regex).

Here’s how you’d use it in a practical example:

>>> text = 'Python is great!'

>>> re.search('PYTHON', text, flags=re.IGNORECASE)

<re.Match object; span=(0, 6), match='Python'>

Although your regex ‘PYTHON’ is all-caps, we ignore the capitalization by using the flag re.IGNORECASE.

Where to Go From Here?

This article has introduced the re.search(pattern, string) method that attempts to match the first occurrence of the regex pattern in a given string—and returns a match object.

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Do you want to implement PHP pagination using core PHP with lightweight script? Jump in, this tutorial is all about it.

The pagination functionality is for stacking a list of items on many pages. It helps to fetch and display a huge volume of records in an effective way.

If you want to implement a simple PHP pagination, then it is very easy and straight forward.

There is just one thing that you should keep in mind when you work on pagination. Do not pull the complete result set and filter it to display to the users.

SELECT only records using LIMIT from database. It can be done via AJAX or on page submit depending on your use case. We will see more about it in the example below.

There are scenarios to create pagination with AJAX. For example, an online quiz with a paginated question board. We have seen more examples to create PHP pagination with AJAX.

What is inside?

1. About this example
2. Plugins to enable pagination feature
3. File structure
4. Database script
5. Design landing page with pagination controls
6. Php code to get paginated results
7. PHP AJAX pagination Output

About this example

In this example code, it has two types of control to navigate with the paginated results.

One is the pagination links to redirect us to the corresponding page. The other is an input to enter the page number. By submitting this page number we can jump into the target page from the current page.

I have implemented PHP pagination with a simple page refresh. We have already seen examples for achieving this with AJAX using jQuery.

I have enabled pagination for the list of database results displaying Animal names. The pagination links count varies based on the animal database record count.

A SELECT query with a specification of start and end limit fetch the page result. The per-page result count is configurable as a Config class constant.

There are many plugins available to create pagination easily. Pagination.js and jqPaginator are examples of 3-party plugins available in the market.

The Datatables is one of the popular library used for managing tabular data. It has an in-built search, pagination, sort, and more features. In an old article, we had seen how to integrate Datatables to list records with pagination.

Having said all these, better to go with custom code. Because external plugins, libraries will slow down the application.

File structure

The working example code contains the following files in the below hierarchical order.

The index.php file is a landing page. It contains the HTML to display pagination links and the current page results.

Two CSS used in this example. The phppot-style.css has generic layout styles. The pagination.css has the exclusive styles created for this example.

Model/Pagination.php includes functions to fetch the MySQL data. It receives parameters to set the limit for the SELECT query.

The file structure includes a SQL script to set up the database for running this example.

Database script

-- -- Database: `pagination` -- -- -------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Table structure for table `tbl_animal` -- CREATE TABLE `tbl_animal` ( `id` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL, `common_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `scientific_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4; -- -- Dumping data for table `tbl_animal` -- INSERT INTO `tbl_animal` (`id`, `common_name`, `scientific_name`) VALUES (1, 'Bison', 'Bos gaurus\r\n'), (2, 'Black buck', 'Antelope cervicapra'), (3, 'Chinkara', 'Gazella bennettii'), (4, 'Nilgai', 'Boselaphus tragocamelus'), (5, 'Wolf', 'Canis lupus'), (6, 'Lion', 'Panthera leo'), (7, 'Elephant', 'Elephas maximus'), (8, 'Wild Ass', 'Equus africanus asinus'), (9, 'Panther', 'Panthera pardus'), (10, 'Kashmir stag', 'Cervus canadensis hanglu'), (11, 'Peacock', 'Pavo cristatus'), (12, 'Siberian crane', 'Grus leucogeranus'), (13, 'Fox', 'Vulpes vulpes'), (14, 'Rhinoceros', 'Rhinoceros unicornis'), (15, 'Tiger', 'Panthera Tigris'), (16, 'Crocodile', 'Crocodylus palustris'), (17, 'Gavial or Gharial', 'Gavialis gangeticus'), (18, 'Horse', 'Equus caballus'), (19, 'Zebra', 'Equus quagga'), (20, 'Buffalow', 'Babalus bubalis'), (21, 'Wild boar', 'Sus scrofa'), (22, 'Arabian camel', 'Camelus dromedaries'), (23, 'Giraffe', 'GiraffaÊcamelopardalis'), (24, 'House wall Lizard', 'Hemidactylus flaviviridis'), (25, 'Hippopotamus', 'Hippopotamus amphibius'), (26, 'Rhesus monkey', 'Macaca mulatta'), (27, 'Dog', 'Canis lupus familiaris'), (28, 'Cat', 'Felis domesticus'), (29, 'Cheetah', 'Acinonyx jubatus'), (30, 'Black rat', 'Rattus rattus'), (31, 'House mouse', 'Mus musculus'), (32, 'Rabbit', 'Oryctolagus cuniculus'), (33, 'Great horned owl', 'Bubo virginianus'), (34, 'House sparrow', 'Passer domesticus'), (35, 'House crow', 'Corvus splendens'), (36, 'Common myna', 'Acridotheres tristis'), (37, 'Indian parrot', 'Psittacula eupatria'), (38, 'Bulbul', 'Molpastes cafer'), (39, 'Koel', 'Eudynamis scolopaccus'), (40, 'Pigeon', 'Columba livia'), (41, 'Indian Cobra', 'Naja naja'), (42, 'King cobra', 'Ophiophagus hannah'), (43, 'Sea snake', 'Hydrophiinae'), (44, 'Indian python', 'Python molurus'), (45, 'Rat snake', 'Rat snake'); -- -- Indexes for dumped tables -- -- -- Indexes for table `tbl_animal` -- ALTER TABLE `tbl_animal` ADD PRIMARY KEY (`id`); -- -- AUTO_INCREMENT for dumped tables -- -- -- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `tbl_animal` -- ALTER TABLE `tbl_animal` MODIFY `id` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=46; 

Designing landing page with pagination controls

The landing page shows the database results with a pagination option. The following HTML has the embedded PHP script to display paginated results.

It contains table rows created in a loop on iterating the data array. Below this table, it shows pagination links with previous next navigation. This navigation allows moving back and forth from the current page.

This example also contains a HMTL form to enter the target page number. If you enter a number within the number of pages, then it will get the appropriate page result.

<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>PHP Pagination MySQL Database Example Script with Previous Next like Google</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="assets/css/pagination.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="assets/css/phppot-style.css"> <script src="vendor/jquery/jquery-3.3.1.js"></script> </head> <body> <div class="phppot-container"> <div class="phppot-form"> <h1>Animal Names</h1> <table> <tr> <th>Id</th> <th>Common Name</th> <th>Scientific Name</th> </tr> <?php if (! empty($pageResult)) { foreach ($pageResult as $page) { ?> <tr> <td><?php echo $page['id'];?></td> <td><?php echo $page['common_name'];?></td> <td><?php echo $page['scientific_name'];?></td> </tr> <?php }} ?> </table> <div class="pagination"> <?php if (($page > 1) && ($pn > 1)) { ?> <a class="previous-page" id="prev-page" href="<?php echo $queryString;?>page=<?php echo (($pn-1));?>" title="Previous Page"><span>❮ Previous</span></a> <?php }?> <?php if (($pn - 1) > 1) { ?> <a href='index.php?page=1'><div class='page-a-link'> 1 </div></a> <div class='page-before-after'>...</div> <?php } for ($i = ($pn - 1); $i <= ($pn + 1); $i ++) { if ($i < 1) continue; if ($i > $totalPages) break; if ($i == $pn) { $class = "active"; } else { $class = "page-a-link"; } ?> <a href='index.php?page=<?php echo $i; ?>'> <div class='<?php echo $class; ?>'><?php echo $i; ?></div> </a> <?php } if (($totalPages - ($pn + 1)) >= 1) { ?> <div class='page-before-after'>...</div> <?php } if (($totalPages - ($pn + 1)) > 0) { if ($pn == $totalPages) { $class = "active"; } else { $class = "page-a-link"; } ?> <a href='index.php?page=<?php echo $totalPages; ?>'><div class='<?php echo $class; ?>'><?php echo $totalPages; ?></div></a> <?php } ?> <?php if (($page > 1) && ($pn < $totalPages)) { ?> <a class="next" id="next-page" href="<?php echo $queryString;?>page=<?php echo (($pn+1));?>" title="Next Page"><span>Next ❯</span></a> <?php } ?> </div> <div class="goto-page"> <form action="" method="GET" on‌submit="return pageValidation()"> <input type="submit" class="goto-button" value="Go to"> <input type="text" class="enter-page-no" name="page" min="1" id="page-no"> <input type="hidden" id="total-page" value="<?php echo $totalPages;?>"> </form> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> 

The pageValidation() is a JavaScript method to confirm the entered page number. If the page number input contains invalid data, then this script will return false. Then it stops form submit and thereby preventing the page-jump action.

<script> function pageValidation() { var valid=true; var pageNo = $('#page-no').val(); var totalPage = $('#total-page').val(); if(pageNo == ""|| pageNo < 1 || !pageNo.match(/\d+/) || pageNo > parseInt(totalPage)){ $("#page-no").css("border-color","#ee0000").show(); valid=false; } return valid; } </script> 

The following styles are from the pagination.css. It defines the CSS for the table view and the pagination elements.

.pagination { display: inline-flex; } .pagination a { color: #505050; text-decoration: none; } .page-a-link { font-family: arial, verdana; font-size: 12px; border: 1px #afafaf solid; background-color: #fbfbfb; padding: 6px 12px 6px 12px; margin: 6px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 3px; } .active { font-family: arial, verdana; font-size: 12px; padding: 8px 14px 6px 14px; margin: 3px; background-color: #404040; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 3px; margin: 6px; color: #FFF; } a.previous-page { margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px; } a.prev-next:hover { color: #03a9f4; } a.next { margin: 10px 0px 10px 10px; } input.enter-page-no { width: 42px !important; height: 28px !important; font-size: 12px; padding: 6px 12px 6px 12px !important; margin: 6px; border-radius: 3px !important; text-align: center !important; } input.goto-button { max-width: 80px; font-size: 12px; padding: 6px 12px 6px 12px !important; border: 1px solid #9a9a9a; border-radius: 3px !important; text-align: center !important; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #dfdd99), color-stop(100%, #bcbd2b)); background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #dfdc99, #b8bd2b); border: 1px solid #97a031; box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px rgb(255, 255, 211), 0px 1px 4px rgba(199, 199, 199, 0.9); } .goto-page { float: right; } .page-before-after { font-weight: bold; padding-top: 12px; text-decoration: none; } 

Php code to get paginated results

This PHP script is for reading the database results and get the record count, pages count. The pages count varies based on the record count and the LIMIT_PER_PAGE configuration.

If there are more pages, this example will show only limited pages as like as Google pagination. This feature will help to make the pagination block to fit into the viewport.

On successive page navigation, you will get more pagination links to browse further.

<?php namespace Phppot; require_once __DIR__ . '/Model/Pagination.php'; $paginationModel = new Pagination(); $pageResult = $paginationModel->getPage(); $queryString = "?"; if (isset($_GET["page"])) { $pn = $_GET["page"]; } else { $pn = 1; } $limit = Config::LIMIT_PER_PAGE; $totalRecords = $paginationModel->getAllRecords(); $totalPages = ceil($totalRecords / $limit); ?> 

PHP classes, libraries, configs used in this example

This is a common DataSource library used in most examples. Here, I have shown the functions that are only used in this example.

You can get the full code by downloading the source added to this article.

Datasource.php

<?php /** * Copyright © 2019 Phppot * * Distributed under MIT license with an exception that, * you don’t have to include the full MIT License in your code. * In essense, you can use it on commercial software, modify and distribute free. * Though not mandatory, you are requested to attribute this URL in your code or website. */ namespace Phppot; /** * Generic datasource class for handling DB operations. * Uses MySqli and PreparedStatements. * * @version 2.5 - recordCount function added */ class DataSource { // PHP 7.1.0 visibility modifiers are allowed for class constants. // when using above 7.1.0, declare the below constants as private const HOST = 'localhost'; const USERNAME = 'root'; const PASSWORD = 'test'; const DATABASENAME = 'pagination'; private $conn; /** * PHP implicitly takes care of cleanup for default connection types. * So no need to worry about closing the connection. * * Singletons not required in PHP as there is no * concept of shared memory. * Every object lives only for a request. * * Keeping things simple and that works! */ function __construct() { $this->conn = $this->getConnection(); } /** * If connection object is needed use this method and get access to it. * Otherwise, use the below methods for insert / update / etc. * * @return \mysqli */ public function getConnection() { $conn = new \mysqli(self::HOST, self::USERNAME, self::PASSWORD, self::DATABASENAME); if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { trigger_error("Problem with connecting to database."); } $conn->set_charset("utf8"); return $conn; } /** * To get database results * * @param string $query * @param string $paramType * @param array $paramArray * @return array */ public function select($query, $paramType = "", $paramArray = array()) { $stmt = $this->conn->prepare($query); if (! empty($paramType) && ! empty($paramArray)) { $this->bindQueryParams($stmt, $paramType, $paramArray); } $stmt->execute(); $result = $stmt->get_result(); if ($result->num_rows > 0) { while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) { $resultset[] = $row; } } if (! empty($resultset)) { return $resultset; } } /** * To insert * * @param string $query * @param string $paramType * @param array $paramArray * @return int */ public function insert($query, $paramType, $paramArray) { //... } /** * To execute query * * @param string $query * @param string $paramType * @param array $paramArray */ public function execute($query, $paramType = "", $paramArray = array()) { //... } /** * 1. * Prepares parameter binding * 2. Bind prameters to the sql statement * * @param string $stmt * @param string $paramType * @param array $paramArray */ public function bindQueryParams($stmt, $paramType, $paramArray = array()) { $paramValueReference[] = & $paramType; for ($i = 0; $i < count($paramArray); $i ++) { $paramValueReference[] = & $paramArray[$i]; } call_user_func_array(array( $stmt, 'bind_param' ), $paramValueReference); } /** * To get database results * * @param string $query * @param string $paramType * @param array $paramArray * @return array */ public function getRecordCount($query, $paramType = "", $paramArray = array()) { $stmt = $this->conn->prepare($query); if (! empty($paramType) && ! empty($paramArray)) { $this->bindQueryParams($stmt, $paramType, $paramArray); } $stmt->execute(); $stmt->store_result(); $recordCount = $stmt->num_rows; return $recordCount; } } 

Config.php

This is the config file added for this example. I kept the per-page record limit as an application constant. I used this for setting the SELECT query limit.

You can add more constants and fine-tune the PHP pagination script to work based on them. For example, create new constant SHOW_ALL_LINKS. Set it on/off to enable/disable the Google-like feature to show limited links.

<?php namespace Phppot; class Config { const LIMIT_PER_PAGE = '5'; } 

This screenshot shows the output of the PHP pagination example code. It shows five records per page.

On the left, it shows usual pagination with previous next and separate page links. On the right side, it is a HMTL form to allow the user to enter the page number.

See Also

These links have a variety of pagination scripts.

1. PHP CRUD with search and pagination
2. Pagination with Tabular records
3. How to create Facebook-link infinite scroll pagination

Conclusion

Thus, we created PHP pagination with Google-like limited links and previous next links. We have seen the interlinking of older PHP pagination script along with this article.

We have discussed the third-party libraries that contain in-built pagination feature. It will be helpful to have a choice if are searching for such plugins.

In this custom PHP pagination example, we have provided an option to jump into a target page directly via a form. Sometimes, it itself is enough with previous next navigation.

Hope this article and the example help you to build a nice simple PHP pagination for your web application.

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