Paginating

It is famous function for pagination. CSS allows display links in more convenient form.
.page {
    border:1px solid #BFBFBF;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin:2px;
padding:3px 5px;
text-decoration:none;
}

a.page:link {color:#505050;}    /* unvisited link */
a.page:visited {color:#505050;} /* visited link */
a.page:hover {border-color:black;color:#2554C7;}   /* mouse over link */
function pagination($total_pages,$page){

    global $webpage;

    $pagination = '<div class="page_numbers">';
                   
    if($total_pages!=1){
   
        //the total links visible
         
        $max_links=10;
       
       
        //$max links_marker is the top of the loop
        //$h is the start
       
        $max_links_marker = $max_links+1;           
        $h=1;           
       
       
        //$link_block is the block of links on the page
        //When this is an integer we need a new block of links
                 
        $link_block=(($page-1)/$max_links);
       
        //if the page is greater than the top of th loop and link block
        //is an integer
       
        if(($page>=$max_links_marker)&&(is_int($link_block))){
       
                //reset the top of the loop to a new link block
       
            $max_links_marker=$page+$max_links;
           
                //and set the bottom of the loop        
           
            $h=$max_links_marker-$max_links;
            $prev=$h-1;                                                                   
        }
       
            //if not an integer we are still within a link block
       
        elseif(($page>=$max_links_marker)&&(!is_int($link_block))){
           
                //round up the link block
           
            $round_up=ceil($link_block);
                   
            $new_top_link = $round_up*$max_links;
           
                //and set the top of the loop to the top link
           
            $max_links_marker=$new_top_link+1;
           
                //and the bottom of the loop to the top - max links
           
            $h=$max_links_marker-$max_links;
            $prev=$h-1;                           
        }
       
          //if greater than total pages then set the top of the loop to
          // total_pages
       
        if($max_links_marker>$total_pages){
            $max_links_marker=$total_pages+1;
        }
       
            //first and prev buttons
       
        if($page>'1'){
            $pagination.='<a class="page" href="'.$webpage.'?page=1">First</a>
            <a class="page" href="'.$webpage.'?page='.($page-1).'">Prev</a>';
        }
       
            //provide a link to the previous block of links
       
       
        $prev_start = $h-$max_links;
        $prev_end = $h-1;
        if($prev_start <=1){
            $prev_start=1;
        }
        $prev_block = "Pages $prev_start to $prev_end";
       
        if($page>$max_links){
            $pagination.='<a class="page" href="'.$webpage.'?page='.$prev.'">'.$prev_block.'</a>';
        }
       
            //loop through the results
           
        for ($i=$h;$i<$max_links_marker;$i++){
            if($i==$page){
                $pagination.= '<a class="current">'.$i.'</a>';
            }
            else{
                $pagination.= '<a class="page" href="'.$webpage.'?page='.$i.'">'.$i.'</a>';
            }
        }
            //provide a link to the next block o links
       
        $next_start = $max_links_marker;
        $next_end = $max_links_marker+$max_links;
        if($next_end >=$total_pages){
            $next_end=$total_pages;
        }
        $next_block = "Pages $next_start to $next_end";
        if($total_pages>$max_links_marker-1){
            $pagination.='<a class="page" href="'.$webpage.'?page='.$max_links_marker.'">'.$next_block.'</a>';
        }
       
          //link to next and last pages
       
       
        if(($page >="1")&&($page!=$total_pages)){
            $pagination.='<a class="page" href="'.$webpage.'?page='.($page+1).'">Next</a>
                  <a class="page" href="'.$webpage.'?page='.$total_pages.'">Last</a>';
        }
    }
   
    //if one page of results
   
    else{
      $pagination.='<a class="page" href="" class="current">1</a>';
    }
    $pagination.='
        </div>';
   
    return($pagination);
}