Hi, Good Nairaland programmers, I want you to help me in this PHP pagination code. It is always giving out error message whenever i click at the next link.
please help me to look at it and help me to make corrections.
Thanks.

The code is here below:

<?php

// Get the search variable from URL
if(isset($_POST['SUBMIT'])){
$professionals = $_POST['profession'];
$country = $_POST['country'];
} elseif(isset($_GET['_xp'],$_GET['_xs'])){
$professionals = $_GET['_xp'];
$country = $_GET['_xs'];
}

// rows to return
$limit=10;
$professionals = $_POST['profession'];
$country = $_POST['country'];

//connect to your database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost","profes13_members","notebook8a1c";
$db = mysql_select_db("profes13_list", $conn);
//specify database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **



// Build SQL Query
$s = (isset($_GET['s']))? $_GET['s']:0;
$query = "select * from members where profession ='$professionals' order by RAND() "; // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field names for the SQL query

$numresults=mysql_query($query);
$numrows=mysql_num_rows($numresults);

// If we have no results, offer a google search as an alternative

if ($numrows == 0)
{
echo "<h4>Results</h4>";
echo "your search returned zero result<br>";

echo"<a href = 'memberusage.php'>CONTINUE SEARCH HERE</A>";


}

// next determine if s has been passed to script, if not use 0
$s = (isset($_GET['s']))? $_GET['s']:0;

// get results
$query .= " limit $s,$limit";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Couldn't execute query";

// display what the person searched for


// begin to show results set
echo "Results";

$count = 1 + $s ;

// now you can display the results returned
while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$username = $row["username"];
$name =$row['name'];
$gender =$row['gender'];
$profession = $row['profession'];
$pics = $row['pics'];
$num = "($count&nbsp)";

echo $num;
?>
<img src= "<?php echo $pics; ?>" alt="Nigerian Directory of Professionals" width="70" height="70" /><br />

<b>Name</b>::<b><font color="#009933"> <?php echo $name ?></font></b><br />
<?php

echo "<a href='profile.php?id=" . $username . "'> "."".""." View $name's profile </a><br>";
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";



$count++ ;
}

$currPage = (($s/$limit) + 1);

//break before paging
echo " <br />" ;

// next we need to do the links to other results
if ($s>=1) { // bypass PREV link if s is 0
$prevs=($s-$limit);
print "&nbsp;<a href=\"" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?s=$prevs&_xp\">&lt;&lt;
Prev 10</a>&nbsp&nbsp;";
}

// calculate number of pages needing links
$pages=intval($numrows/$limit);

// $pages now contains int of pages needed unless there is a remainder from division

if ($numrows%$limit) {
// has remainder so add one page
$pages++;
}

// check to see if last page
if (!((($s+$limit)/$limit)==$pages) && $pages!=1) {

// not last page so give NEXT link
$news=$s+$limit;


echo "&nbsp;<a href=\"" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?s=$news&_xp\">Next 10 &gt;&gt;</a>";
}


$a = $s + ($limit) ;
if ($a > $numrows) { $a = $numrows ; }
$b = $s + 1 ;


echo "<p>Showing results $b to $a of $numrows</p>";
?>

post the errors you're getting, those who want to help you can interprete and make corrections or suggestions.

For starters, change from mysql to mysqli, it'll most likely not work cos it's been depreciated in php 5 and removed in php 7.
Secondly, try to adapt this pagination function to your taste

function pagination ($con,$page_id,$query,$ppage=20)
{
	global $pagination,$page,$lastpage;
	$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.
	*/
	$wweck = mysqli_query($con,$query);  //update current user time left
	$total_pages=mysqli_num_rows($wweck);
	
	/* Setup vars for query. */
	$targetpage = $page_id; 	//your file name  (the name of this file)
	$limit = $ppage; 								//how many items to show per page
	$page = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : 0;
	if($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. */
	$result = mysqli_query($con,$query." LIMIT $start, $limit";
	
	/* 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";		
	}
	return $result;
}

Ok. Ill try it. Thanks.

What's the exact error you are getting?