This is a script to make pagination in PHP like digg.com or flickr.com.
This script was written by a guy from Stranger Studios. In this page I've edit the script a little bit to make it working and easy to edit. You can grab the original script at Digg-Style Pagination. My tutorial is just a guide how to implemente in your PHP script.

This is what you'll get after finished this code

Grab the code and paste in your text editor.
You have to customize 7 spots in this code (see images below).

1. Code to connect to your DB - place or include your code to connect to database.
2. $tbl_name - your table name.
3. $adjacents - how many adjacent pages should be shown on each side.
4. $targetpage - is the name of file ex. I saved this file as pagination.php, my $targetpage should be "pagination.php".
5. $limit - how many items to show per page.
6. "SELECT column_name - change to your own column.
7. Replace your own while..loop here - place your code to echo results here.

After all, save and test your script.

############### Code

<?php /* Place code to connect to your DB here. */ include('config.php'); // include your code to connect to DB. $tbl_name=""; //your table name // How many adjacent pages should be shown on each side? $adjacents = 3; /* First get total number of rows in data table. If you have a WHERE clause in your query, make sure you mirror it here. */ $query = "SELECT COUNT(*) as num FROM $tbl_name"; $total_pages = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($query)); $total_pages = $total_pages[num]; /* Setup vars for query. */ $targetpage = "filename.php"; //your file name (the name of this file) $limit = 2; //how many items to show per page $page = $_GET['page']; if($page) $start = ($page - 1) * $limit; //first item to display on this page else $start = 0; //if no page var is given, set start to 0 /* Get data. */ $sql = "SELECT column_name FROM $tbl_name LIMIT $start, $limit"; $result = mysql_query($sql); /* Setup page vars for display. */ if ($page == 0) $page = 1; //if no page var is given, default to 1. $prev = $page - 1; //previous page is page - 1 $next = $page + 1; //next page is page + 1 $lastpage = ceil($total_pages/$limit); //lastpage is = total pages / items per page, rounded up. $lpm1 = $lastpage - 1; //last page minus 1 /* Now we apply our rules and draw the pagination object. We're actually saving the code to a variable in case we want to draw it more than once. */ $pagination = ""; if($lastpage > 1) { $pagination .= "<div class=\"pagination\">"; //previous button if ($page > 1) $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$prev\">« previous</a>"; else $pagination.= "<span class=\"disabled\">« previous</span>"; //pages if ($lastpage < 7 + ($adjacents * 2)) //not enough pages to bother breaking it up { for ($counter = 1; $counter <= $lastpage; $counter++) { if ($counter == $page) $pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>"; else $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>"; } } elseif($lastpage > 5 + ($adjacents * 2)) //enough pages to hide some { //close to beginning; only hide later pages if($page < 1 + ($adjacents * 2)) { for ($counter = 1; $counter < 4 + ($adjacents * 2); $counter++) { if ($counter == $page) $pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>"; else $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>"; } $pagination.= "..."; $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lpm1\">$lpm1</a>"; $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lastpage\">$lastpage</a>"; } //in middle; hide some front and some back elseif($lastpage - ($adjacents * 2) > $page && $page > ($adjacents * 2)) { $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=1\">1</a>"; $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=2\">2</a>"; $pagination.= "..."; for ($counter = $page - $adjacents; $counter <= $page + $adjacents; $counter++) { if ($counter == $page) $pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>"; else $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>"; } $pagination.= "..."; $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lpm1\">$lpm1</a>"; $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lastpage\">$lastpage</a>"; } //close to end; only hide early pages else { $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=1\">1</a>"; $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=2\">2</a>"; $pagination.= "..."; for ($counter = $lastpage - (2 + ($adjacents * 2)); $counter <= $lastpage; $counter++) { if ($counter == $page) $pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>"; else $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>"; } } } //next button if ($page < $counter - 1) $pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$next\">next »</a>"; else $pagination.= "<span class=\"disabled\">next »</span>"; $pagination.= "</div>\n"; } ?> <?php while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { // Your while loop here } ?> <?=$pagination?>

These are where you have to customize the script

Save this code to style.css and link to your pagination page.
To get more CSS style click here