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problem with pagination in searching php and mysql??
I am beginning in php and mysql and have a problem with paging when when dealing with a form. when display result, it is just working from the first page and others page are display nothing. i searched around and some said .. need passing the variables to url but i dont know how to do it. please help?

<?php
include 'includes/connectsql.php';

$country=mysql_real_escape_string(trim($_POST['country']));

$tableName="user";
$targetpage = "search.php";
$limit = 2;

$query = "SELECT COUNT(*) as num FROM $tableName WHERE country = '". $country ."'";

$total_pages = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($query));
if($total_pages)
{
echo " got here 1";
}
else
{
die('Could not update data: ' . mysql_error());
}
$total_pages = $total_pages[num];

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

// Get page data
$query1 = "SELECT * FROM $tableName WHERE country = '". $country ."' 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'>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=$counter'>$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=$counter'>$counter</a>";}
}
$paginate.= "...";
$paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$LastPagem1'>$LastPagem1</a>";
$paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$lastpage'>$lastpage</a>";
}
// Middle hide some front and some back
elseif($lastpage - ($stages * 2) > $page && $page > ($stages * 2))
{
$paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=1'>1</a>";
$paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=2'>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=$counter'>$counter</a>";}
}
$paginate.= "...";
$paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$LastPagem1'>$LastPagem1</a>";
$paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$lastpage'>$lastpage</a>";
}
// End only hide early pages
else
{
$paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=1'>1</a>";
$paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=2'>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=$counter'>$counter</a>";}
}
}
}

// Next
if ($page < $counter - 1){
$paginate.= "<a href='$targetpage?page=$next&country=".$country."'>next</a>";
}else{
$paginate.= "<span class='disabled'>next</span>";
}

$paginate.= "</div>";
}


while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{

echo "<table width='500' border='1'>
<tr>
<td width='390'><div class='pageleft'><li>".$row['name']."</li><li>".$row['country']."".$row['city']."</li><div></td>
</tr>
</table>";
}
echo $total_pages.' Results';
// pagination
echo $paginate;

?>
Started: April 27, 2013 Latest Activity: April 27, 2013 php
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