I am unable to maintain a GET variable with this pagination script. Was hoping you all could help.

I am using a GET function so the user can choose which categories are displayed. I'm using a pagination script I found online and I am now confronted with this issue, when I choose "page 2" $dynCat no longer is parsed in the URL because the pagination script creates a new URL and uses GET also.

Could someone help me out with using pagination with a variable query? Thank you.

ERROR Notice: Undefined index: dynCat ----/dynCat.php on line 32
I understand why it is undefined, I just don't know how to integrate and maintain the user's Query (i.e. GET variable from URL) with the pagination script. Thanks again.

Page1 (User Selects option)

<?php 
//Generate and list Categories
include "storescripts/connect_to_mysql.php"; 
        $dynCat = "";
            $data = mysql_query("SELECT category, id FROM products GROUP BY category") or die(mysql_error());
            while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data ))
                { 
                $listcategory = $info["category"];
                $dynCat .=
                '
                <li>
                <a href="dynCat.php?dynCat='.$listcategory.'" > '.$listcategory.' </a> 
                </li>
                ';
                }   
mysql_close();  
?>


<?php echo $dynCat; ?>

Page2 dynCat.php (User Views Selection with Pagination)

<?php 
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
?>

<?php 
//Generate and list Categories

include "storescripts/connect_to_mysql.php"; 
        $dynGallery = "";
        $dynCat = "";
            $data = mysql_query("SELECT category, id FROM products GROUP BY category") or die(mysql_error());
            while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data ))
                { 
                $listcategory = $info["category"];
                $dynCat .=
                '
                <li>
                <a href="dynCat.php?dynCat='.$listcategory.'" > '.$listcategory.' </a> 
                </li>
                ';
                }   
mysql_close();  
?>



<?php
//Query User Selection &  Pagination

    include('storescripts/connect_to_mysql.php');
    $cat = mysql_escape_string($_GET['dynCat']);
    $tableName="products";      
    $targetpage = "dynCat.php";     
    $limit = 3; 
    $query = "SELECT COUNT(*) as num FROM $tableName WHERE category = '$cat'";
    $total_pages = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($query));
    $total_pages = $total_pages['num'];

    $stages = 3;
    $page = mysql_escape_string(isset($_GET['page'])) ? mysql_escape_string($_GET['page']) : 0;
    if($page){
        $start = ($page - 1) * $limit; 
    }else{
        $start = 0; 
        }   

    // Get category Data and Images
    $query1 = "SELECT * FROM $tableName WHERE category = '$cat' ORDER BY views DESC LIMIT $start, $limit";
    $result = mysql_query($query1);

    // Initial page num setup
    if ($page == 0){$page = 1;}
    $prev = $page - 1;  
    $next = $page + 1;                          
    $lastpage = ceil($total_pages/$limit);      
    $LastPagem1 = $lastpage - 1;                    

    $paginate = '';
    if($lastpage > 1)
    {   

        $paginate .= "<div class='paginate'>";
        // Previous
        if ($page > 1){
            $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$prev#gallery'>previous</a>";
        }else{
            $paginate.= "<span class='disabled'>previous</span>"; }

        // Pages    
        if ($lastpage < 7 + ($stages * 2))   // Not enough pages to breaking it up
        {   
            for ($counter = 1; $counter <= $lastpage; $counter++)
            {
                if ($counter == $page){
                    $paginate.= "<span class='current'>$counter</span>";
                }else{
                    $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$counter#gallery'>$counter</a>";}                  
            }
        }
        elseif($lastpage > 5 + ($stages * 2))   // Enough pages to hide a few?
        {
            // Beginning only hide later pages
            if($page < 1 + ($stages * 2))        
            {
                for ($counter = 1; $counter < 4 + ($stages * 2); $counter++)
                {
                    if ($counter == $page){
                        $paginate.= "<span class='current'>$counter</span>";
                    }else{
                        $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$counter#gallery'>$counter</a>";}                  
                }
                $paginate.= "...";
                $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$LastPagem1#gallery'>$LastPagem1</a>";
                $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$lastpage#gallery'>$lastpage</a>";     
            }
            // Middle hide some front and some back
            elseif($lastpage - ($stages * 2) > $page && $page > ($stages * 2))
            {
                $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=1#gallery'>1</a>";
                $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=2#gallery'>2</a>";
                $paginate.= "...";
                for ($counter = $page - $stages; $counter <= $page + $stages; $counter++)
                {
                    if ($counter == $page){
                        $paginate.= "<span class='current'>$counter</span>";
                    }else{
                        $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$counter#gallery'>$counter</a>";}                  
                }
                $paginate.= "...";
                $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$LastPagem1#gallery'>$LastPagem1</a>";
                $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$lastpage#gallery'>$lastpage</a>";     
            }
            // End only hide early pages
            else
            {
                $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=1#gallery'>1</a>";
                $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=2#gallery'>2</a>";
                $paginate.= "...";
                for ($counter = $lastpage - (2 + ($stages * 2)); $counter <= $lastpage; $counter++)
                {
                    if ($counter == $page){
                        $paginate.= "<span class='current'>$counter</span>";
                    }else{
                        $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$counter#gallery'>$counter</a>";}                  
                }
            }
        }           
                // Next
        if ($page < $counter - 1){ 
            $paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$next#gallery'>next</a>";
        }else{
            $paginate.= "<span class='disabled'>next</span>";
            }

        $paginate.= "</div>";        

}
mysql_close();  
?>

<?php 
        $productCount = mysql_num_rows($result); // count the output amount
            while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
            { 
             $id = $row["id"];
             $product_name = $row["product_name"];
             $price = $row["price"];
             $category = $row["category"];
             $subcategory = $row["subcategory"];
             $date_added = strftime("%b %d, %Y", strtotime($row["date_added"]));
             $dynGallery .= 
            '
            <div>
                <li>
                    <a href="product.php?id=' . $id . '#gallery">
                    <img style="border:#FFF 1px solid;" src="inventory_images/' . $id . '.jpg" alt="' . $product_name . '" width="180" height="255" border="1" style="opacity: 0;/></a>
                    <h4> <a name= ' . $id . '  id= ' . $id . '  value= ' . $id . '  href="product.php?id= ' . $id . '#gallery"> ' . $product_name . ' </a> </h4>
                    <p>'. $category .'</p> 
                    <p>'. $subcategory .'</p> 
                    <span>  $' . $price . '</span>
                </li>
            </div>
            ';
            }
    ?>      

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<body>
<?php include ("../header.php");?>
<?php include ("../menu.php");?>
<a id="shop"></a>
        <div class="body">
            <div class="sidebar">
                <div class="first">
                    <h2><a href="index.php">Dora Designs</a></h2>       
                    <!-- Dynamic Categories -->
                    <ul>
                    <?php echo $dynCat; ?>
                    </ul>
                </div>
                <!-- <div>
                    <h2><a href="#">Weddings</a></h2>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                    <h2><a href="#">Birthdays</a></h2>
                    </div>
                -->
            </div>
            <div class="content">
                <div class="figure">
                    <img src="/images/galleryholder.png" alt=""/>
                </div>
            <div class="products">
            <div class="paging" align = "center">                    

            <a id="gallery"></a>
            <? echo $paginate;?>     
            <? echo '</br>'. $cat;?>
            <? echo '</br>'. $total_pages.' Results'; ?>
            </div> 

        <ul>
    <?php echo $dynGallery; ?>
        </ul>
Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.