Help for a php newbie

[razor]

Ok i was just wondering how to do something:

I would like to use a query string to separate pages, for example, same script, different page as in:

http://www.yoursite.com/script.php?action=thispage

I know how do do this in perl, how would i do it in php?

[vbsquare]

I'm far from a PHP guru, but use something like this:

<?
if ($action == "page1") {
?>
HTML Here

<?
}

if ($action == "page2") {
?>
HTML Here

<?
}
?>

[Mas*Mind]

If you mean splitting search-results or something, you can generate a mysql-query like this:

$query = "SELECT $yourfields FROM $yourtables WHERE $whereClause LIMIT $offset, $maxhits";

this will return the query result from the $offset's row until $offset+$maxhits

// do something with the query

Then you can split them by passing the offset and maxhits throught the link, something like <a href="script.php?offset=50&maxhits=20">next page</a>

[razor]

Thanks for the help!