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PHP Using PHP with MySQL Limiting Records in SQL Queries Using LIMIT with Offset

sig rin
sig rin
399 Points
Posted by sig rin
sig rin
399 Points

what are the variables positionStart and positionEnd? why didnt you show us how to define them?

where are they comming from???

Leigh Maher
Leigh Maher
21,830 Points
Leigh Maher
Leigh Maher
21,830 Points

This was covered in a previous video. The controller code is located in the shirts.php page. Specifically, these few lines: 

$start = (($current_page * $products_per_page) - $products_per_page) + 1;
$end = $current_page * $products_per_page;

You need to understand how how we get the current_page and products_per_page and these are located in the same file:

// this is how we get the $current_page variable
if (empty($_GET['pg'])) {
    $current_page = 1;
} else {
    $current_page = $_GET['pg'];
}

// this is how we get the $products_per_page variable
$products_per_page = 8;