I'm trying to create a simple image gallery, showing 16 images per page. I'm using LIMIT 16 to display the correct amount on the page, but if there are more than 16 rows, I want to have links at the bottom, allowing the user to navigate to the next page.
I know I could achieve the desired result by removing the limit and simply using a loop to display the first 16 items, but this would be inefficient. Obviously, COUNTING the number of rows would always = 16.
$sql .= "posts p, images im, postimages pi WHERE
i.active = 1
AND pi.post_id = p.id
AND pi.image_id = im.image_id
ORDER BY created_at LIMIT 16";
Can anyone suggest a more efficient way of doing it?
Thanks