lets say i have 100 items and only want to show 20 on each page, but i dont want to use a database. i know u can use arrays, but how exactly can i tell it to take lets say numbers 40-59 in the arrays list and display it.

also can i do it in a txt file and use fread to read each one off a specific line?

maybe with File()?

Using file() will read the file into an array by line. So then you could count() the lines returned from the file, use display a selected range by calling the array keys numerically.

how do i display a range of items from an array without listing each one and telling it to display

echo $line[49] ?

I would use a looped counter

<?php
$start_number = 1; // I would put this in the linking page's url
$limit = 19 + $start_number;
$counter = $start_number;
$counter--;
Do
{
echo $arrays_list[$counter]; // You can name it whatever you want
$counter++;
}
WHILE($counter <= $limit);
?>

I used three numbers so when I was done with the loop I could reference my starting point. I only added 19 to the start number because i'm going to decrement the counter by 1 gigit becaue arrays start at 0 while it's easier to count from 1 ( I've read alot of books and they all start on page 1). This will echo 20 array values and stop. I would link to it using a dynamic url so <a href="/page.php?start=1">Page Set 0-19</a><a href="page.php?start=20">Page Set 20-39</a> etc.

Aha, ok thanks guys got it

another quick question, if for example i have this:

http://site.com/page.php?url=http://site2.com/?l=1&b=2

how can i have it so that the variables in site2's url dont affect the main site url (eg the whole site2 url is one variable)