<?php
 
$allContent = <<<___CONTENT___
 
$article.content$
___CONTENT___;
 
global $totalPages, $prevPage, $nextPage, $pageNumber;
$pageNumber   = @$_GET['page'] ? $_GET['page'] : 1;
$contentPages = explode("--page--", $allContent);
$content      = $contentPages[$pageNumber-1];
 
$totalPages   = count($contentPages);
$prevPage     = ($pageNumber > 1)           ? $pageNumber-1 : 0;
$nextPage     = ($pageNumber < $totalPages) ? $pageNumber+1 : 0;
 
function showPageLinks() {
  global $totalPages, $prevPage, $nextPage, $pageNumber;
 if ($totalPages == 1) {
   return; 
  }
  if ($prevPage) { print "<a href='?page=$prevPage'>"; }
  print "<< prev";
  if ($prevPage) { print "</a>"; }
  print " | \n";
  foreach (range(1, $totalPages) as $num) {
    $isSelected = ($pageNumber == $num);
    if ($isSelected) { print " $num |"; }
    else             { print " <a href='?page=$num'>$num</a> | "; }
  }
 
  if ($nextPage) { print "<a href='?page=$nextPage'>"; }
  print "next >>";
  if ($nextPage) { print "</a>"; }
}
 
?>
 
  <?php showPageLinks(); ?><br/>
 
  <!-- Display Content -->
  <?php echo $content; ?><br/><br/>
  <!-- /Display Content -->
 
  <?php showPageLinks(); ?>