Say you have 30 apples in your basket and you want to seperate it to 10 on every table. 10 apples per table right? There will be no number 1's except for the one that is started on table 1.

Table 1: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Table 2: 11,12,13,14... etc

Everytime I go to a new "table" the numbers get reset:

Table 1: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Table 2: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

How can I overcome this?

Note: Using MySQL to pull out the data and using "<ol><li>$item</li></ol>" to display the data.

Thanks

Can you show us the code which isn't resetting? That'd make suggesting a solution easier.

if you mean a list with automatic number you should use <ol> instead of <ul>:

<ol>
<li>sdfd</li>
<li>dfsds</li>
<li>fdsfds</li>
...
</ol>

<ol start="10" >
<li>sdfd</li>
<li>dfsds</li>
<li>fdsfds</li>
...
</ol>

<ol start="20" >
<li>sdfd</li>
<li>dfsds</li>
<li>fdsfds</li>
...
</ol>

You don't have the choice to set the "start" manually since you have to separate your list in 3.

Originally Posted by Bakunin

if you mean a list with automatic number you should use <ol> instead of <ul>:

<ol>
<li>sdfd</li>
<li>dfsds</li>
<li>fdsfds</li>
...
</ol>

<ol start="10" >
<li>sdfd</li>
<li>dfsds</li>
<li>fdsfds</li>
...
</ol>

<ol start="20" >
<li>sdfd</li>
<li>dfsds</li>
<li>fdsfds</li>
...
</ol>

You don't have the choice to set the "start" manually since you have to separate your list in 3.

I meant OL Sorry.

Working example: http://hotcasket.com/cat.php?catID=4

That is in a "ordered list" format; except it gets reset by every page change.

As for the code?

	<ol><li><a href="tutorial.php?tutID=$id" title="$title">$title</a></li></ol>
	<p class="tut_desc">$desc</p>

ok, all you have to do is use a variable "start" in your <ol>


<ol start="$start">

and you give the var $start the number you want it to be,
if you show 15 per page you could do:

$start = ($_GET['page']-1*15);

or your $start var you use in your query.

That seems very logical!
Although, I have tried this and it still doesn't work

I think it would help people help you if you posted the php/mysql code your using to pull the information out of the database and display it.

cat.php

for($x = 0; $c = mysql_fetch_array($sqlnew); $x++) {

$title = $c['title'];
$desc = $c['desc'];
$id = $c['id'];

if(empty($desc)) {
$desc = "No Description.";
}

$start = ((($_GET['page'])-1)*15);

eval ("\$main_tut = \"".gettemplate("category_tuts")."\";");
echo $main_tut;

}

category_tuts.html

<li><a href="tutorial.php?tutID=$id" title="$title">$title</a></li>
<p class="tut_desc">$desc</p>


obviously with a template above and below that section of code opening and closing the "<ol>".

Fixed. I placed the $start variable underneath the template when it was echo'd out.. Meaning that the variable didn't exist when being used in the template!!

Schoolboy error!

Thanks though, works a treat. Except.. I fiddled around with it because it didn't work exactly as it should have.. Here is what I came up with to get the PERFECT results:

$start = ((($_GET['page']-1)*15)+1);

-1 to get one less than the page number, multiply that by 15 to get the correct amount (shown per page.. can change) and then +1 because it'll be -1 to what value it wants.. Meaning it will start @ 0 and not 1. Adding 1 simply means it'll start at 1

Thanks