ODBC SQL PHP pagination query

[lscruiser]

PAGINATION QUESTION
This code displays the same 5 results from the database. How do I get the page to reference the next or previous group of 5 results? I am using ODBC, SQL, and PHP. LIMIT won't work in ODBC. The table name is called plastic with two column names: ename and iname. I am also not sure about line 9. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

CODE:

<?php
$db = odbc_connect('','','');  //your connection here
function inv_rows($r1)  {
ob_start(); 
(int)$number=odbc_result_all($r1);
ob_clean(); 
return $number;
}
$page = isset($_GET["page"]) ? $_GET["page"] : 1;  //not sure of "page" text
if(empty($page)){$page = 1; }			   
$query = "SELECT * FROM plastic"; // name of table is plastic with columns ename and iname.	   
$num_result = odbc_exec($db, $query);
$numrows = inv_rows($num_result);			   
echo '<p>There are '.$numrows.' ideas.</p>';   		
$limit = 5;
$limitvalue = $page * $limit - ($limit);
$limitnew = $limitvalue + $limit;
$sql = "SELECT * from (SELECT TOP 5 * FROM (SELECT TOP 5 * FROM plastic ORDER BY ename, iname DESC) as table1 ORDER BY ename, iname DESC) as table2 ORDER BY ename, iname ASC"; 
$result = odbc_exec($db, $sql);
while(odbc_fetch_row($result)){		   	
?>
<table style="width: 600;">	
<tr>
<td style="width: 300; height: 25px;">Name:</td>
<td style="width: 300; height: 25px;">Idea Name:</td>
</tr>				 
<tr>
<td style="width: 300; height: 25px;"><?php echo odbc_result($result, "ename"); ?></td>
<td style="width: 300; height: 25px;"><?php echo odbc_result($result, "iname"); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="height: 25px"><hr/></td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php //PREVIOUS AND NEXT
}
if($page !=1){
$pageprev = $page - 1;
echo "&nbsp;<strong><a href='?page=$pageprev'>PREV</a></strong>&nbsp;"; }
else{ echo "&nbsp;PREV&nbsp;"; }
$numofpages = $numrows / $limit;
for($i = 1; $i <= $numofpages; ++$i){
if($i == $page){ echo "&nbsp;[$i]&nbsp;"; }
else{ echo "&nbsp;<strong><a href='?page=$i'>$i</a></strong>&nbsp;"; }
}
if(($numrows % $limit) != 0){
if($i == $page){ echo "&nbsp;[$i]&nbsp;"; }
else{ echo "&nbsp;<strong><a href='?page=$i'>$i</strong></b>&nbsp;"; }
}
if(($numrows - ($limit * $page)) > 0){
$pagenext = $page + 1;
echo "&nbsp;<strong><a href='?page=$pagenext'>NEXT</a></strong>&nbsp;"; }
else{ echo "&nbsp;NEXT&nbsp;"; }
odbc_free_result($result);			
exit;
?>

[code green]

I am using ODBC, SQL, and PHP. LIMIT won't work in ODBC.

ODBC is a connectivity layer between an application and a DBMS, not a language.
You are rightly using TOP if it is Access or T-SQL.

Your code seems to have lost its way a little, but the trick in pagination is in the query, the PHP and HTML
Your php needs to store the current highest id value (and lowest) in a variable say $highid and pass that as a URL variable via the NEXT or PREV hyperlink to the next page,
The next page runs the query based on the $highid or $lowid value

"SELECT TOP 5 * FROM tbl WHERE id> $highid
ORDER BY id"

The next page can of course be the same PHP file but the results will be different.

[lscruiser]

Thank you for your response.
My table name is plastic, with columns plastic_ID, ename, and iname.
With the code below, the result is seeing all entries (not 5 at a time as desired) and the pagination links do not link to the NEXT or PREV pages.
I appreciate your response and help.
Here is my updated code.

<?php 
$db = odbc_connect('','','');  //put your connection here 
function inv_rows($r1)  { 
ob_start(); 
(int)$number=odbc_result_all($r1); 
ob_clean(); 
return $number; 
} 
$page = isset($_POST["page"]) ? $_POST["page"] : 1;
if(empty($page)){$page = 1; } 
$query = "SELECT * FROM plastic"; // name of table is plastic with columns plastic_ID, ename, and iname.    	    
$num_result = odbc_exec($db, $query); 
$numrows = inv_rows($num_result);                    
echo '<p>There are '.$numrows.' ideas.</p>'; 
$limit = 5; 
$limitvalue = $page * $limit - ($limit); 
$limitnew = $limitvalue + $limit;
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
switch ($_POST['direction']) {
case 'next':
$query = "SELECT TOP 5 * FROM plastic WHERE plastic_ID > " . $_SESSION['lastid'] . " ORDER BY plastic_ID";
break;
case 'prev':
$query = "SELECT * FROM (SELECT TOP 5 * FROM plastic WHERE plastic_ID < " . $_SESSION['firstid'] . " ORDER BY plastic_ID DESC) AS t ORDER BY plastic_ID ASC";
break;
default:
$query = "SELECT TOP 5 * FROM plastic ORDER BY plastic_ID";
}     
}
$result = odbc_exec($db, $query); 
while(odbc_fetch_row($result)){                
?> 
<table style="width: 600;">     
<tr> 
<td style="width: 300; height: 25px;">Name:</td> 
<td style="width: 300; height: 25px;">Idea Name:</td> 
</tr>                 
<tr> 
<td style="width: 300; height: 25px;"><?php echo odbc_result($result, "ename"); ?></td> 
<td style="width: 300; height: 25px;"><?php echo odbc_result($result, "iname"); ?></td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td colspan="5" style="height: 25px"><hr/></td> 
</tr> 
</table> 
<?php //PREVIOUS AND NEXT BUTTONS 
} 
if($page !=1){ 
$pageprev = $page - 1; 
echo "&nbsp;<strong><a href='?page=$pageprev'>PREV</a></strong>&nbsp;"; } 
else{ echo "&nbsp;PREV&nbsp;"; } 
$numofpages = $numrows / $limit; 
for($i = 1; $i <= $numofpages; ++$i){ 
if($i == $page){ echo "&nbsp;[$i]&nbsp;"; } 
else{ echo "&nbsp;<strong><a href='?page=$i'>$i</a></strong>&nbsp;"; } 
} 
if(($numrows % $limit) != 0){ 
if($i == $page){ echo "&nbsp;[$i]&nbsp;"; } 
else{ echo "&nbsp;<strong><a href='?page=$i'>$i</strong></b>&nbsp;"; } 
} 
if(($numrows - ($limit * $page)) > 0){ 
$pagenext = $page + 1; 
echo "&nbsp;<strong><a href='?page=$pagenext'>NEXT</a></strong>&nbsp;"; } 
else{ echo "&nbsp;NEXT&nbsp;"; } 
odbc_free_result($result);             
exit; 
?>

[dlite922]

Please use [CODE] tags around your code.

[code green]

I looks like you are not passing the variables via the href.
A bit of debugging code would be helpful (simply echo out variables to see what they contain) But

echo "&nbsp;<strong><a href='?page=$pageprev'>PREV</a></strong>&nbsp;"; } 
else{ echo "&nbsp;PREV&nbsp;"; }

It looks like you have wrapped php variables in single quotes so they won't be parsed.
When echoing HTML I find it better to concatenate strings in single quotes and variables.

echo '&nbsp;<strong>
<a href="?page='.$pageprev.'">PREV</a>
</strong>&nbsp;'

Looking again there is no URL at all, only a page variable.
You need a page for the link to go.