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Start your free trialThomas Morling
12,754 PointsNot sure why this working. Pagination Challenge
Not sure why this doesn't work
<?php include "pagination.php";
/* add function here /
function pagination($total_pages, $current_page, $section, $search) {
/ setting pagination variable /
$pagination = "<div class=\"pagination\">";
$pagination .= "Pages: ";
for ($i = 1;$i <= $total_pages;$i++) {
if ($i == $current_page) {
$pagination .= " <span>$i</span>";
} else {
$pagination .= " <a href='catalog.php?";
if (!empty($search)) {
$pagination .= "s=".urlencode(htmlspecialchars($search)) . '&' ;
} else if (!empty($section)) {
$pagination .= "cat=".$section . '&';
}
$pagination .= "pg=$i'>$i</a>";
}
}
$pagination .= "</div>";
return $pagination;
}
/ displaying the pagination */
pagination();
<?php
include "pagination.php";
/* add function here */
function pagination($total_pages, $current_page, $section, $search) {
/* setting pagination variable */
$pagination = "<div class=\"pagination\">";
$pagination .= "Pages: ";
for ($i = 1;$i <= $total_pages;$i++) {
if ($i == $current_page) {
$pagination .= " <span>$i</span>";
} else {
$pagination .= " <a href='catalog.php?";
if (!empty($search)) {
$pagination .= "s=".urlencode(htmlspecialchars($search)) . '&' ;
} else if (!empty($section)) {
$pagination .= "cat=".$section . '&';
}
$pagination .= "pg=$i'>$i</a>";
}
}
$pagination .= "</div>";
return $pagination;
}
/* displaying the pagination */
pagination();
1 Answer
Matthew Bilz
15,829 PointsI just went through the challenge and I have 2 observations:
1) Make sure on your bottom line, you include the arguments needed to call the pagination function, so:
$pagination = pagination($total_pages, $current_page, $section, $search)
2) For some reason, the final line of the function still need to be an echo statement instead of a return statement to pass the challenge. I dunno about that one, but that's what passed the quiz! So instead of return $pagination:
echo $pagination
Thomas Morling
12,754 PointsThomas Morling
12,754 PointsThanks, Matt! That did it!