This is my pagination script which is partially working:

<HEAD>
<LINK href="style1.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</HEAD>
<?php
	/*
		Place code to connect to your DB here.
	*/
	include('config.php');	// include your code to connect to DB.

	$tbl_name="episodes";		//your table name
	// How many adjacent pages should be shown on each side?
	$adjacents = 3;
	
	/* 
	   First get total number of rows in data table. 
	   If you have a WHERE clause in your query, make sure you mirror it here.
	*/
	$query = "SELECT COUNT(*) as num FROM episodes"; 
	$total_pages = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($query));
	$total_pages = $total_pages[num];
	
	/* Setup vars for query. */
	$targetpage = "mypage.php"; 	//your file name  (the name of this file)
	$limit = 20; 								//how many items to show per page
	$page = $_GET['page'];
	if($page) 
		$start = ($page - 1) * $limit; 			//first item to display on this page
	else
		$start = 0;								//if no page var is given, set start to 0
	
	/* Get data. */
	//$sql = "SELECT * FROM $tbl_name $start, $limit";
	$result = mysql_query($sql);
	
	/* Setup page vars for display. */
	if ($page == 0) $page = 1;					//if no page var is given, default to 1.
	$prev = $page - 1;							//previous page is page - 1
	$next = $page + 1;							//next page is page + 1
	$lastpage = ceil($total_pages/$limit);		//lastpage is = total pages / items per page, rounded up.
	$lpm1 = $lastpage - 1;						//last page minus 1
	
	/* 
		Now we apply our rules and draw the pagination object. 
		We're actually saving the code to a variable in case we want to draw it more than once.
	*/
	$pagination = "";
	if($lastpage > 1)
	{	
		$pagination .= "<div class=\"pagination\">";
		//previous button
		if ($page > 1) 
			$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$prev\">« previous</a>";
		else
			$pagination.= "<span class=\"disabled\">« previous</span>";	
		
		//pages	
		if ($lastpage < 7 + ($adjacents * 2))	//not enough pages to bother breaking it up
		{	
			for ($counter = 1; $counter <= $lastpage; $counter++)
			{
				if ($counter == $page)
					$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
				else
					$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";					
			}
		}
		elseif($lastpage > 5 + ($adjacents * 2))	//enough pages to hide some
		{
			//close to beginning; only hide later pages
			if($page < 1 + ($adjacents * 2))		
			{
				for ($counter = 1; $counter < 4 + ($adjacents * 2); $counter++)
				{
					if ($counter == $page)
						$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
					else
						$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";					
				}
				$pagination.= "...";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lpm1\">$lpm1</a>";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lastpage\">$lastpage</a>";		
			}
			//in middle; hide some front and some back
			elseif($lastpage - ($adjacents * 2) > $page && $page > ($adjacents * 2))
			{
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=1\">1</a>";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=2\">2</a>";
				$pagination.= "...";
				for ($counter = $page - $adjacents; $counter <= $page + $adjacents; $counter++)
				{
					if ($counter == $page)
						$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
					else
						$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";					
				}
				$pagination.= "...";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lpm1\">$lpm1</a>";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$lastpage\">$lastpage</a>";		
			}
			//close to end; only hide early pages
			else
			{
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=1\">1</a>";
				$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=2\">2</a>";
				$pagination.= "...";
				for ($counter = $lastpage - (2 + ($adjacents * 2)); $counter <= $lastpage; $counter++)
				{
					if ($counter == $page)
						$pagination.= "<span class=\"current\">$counter</span>";
					else
						$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$counter\">$counter</a>";					
				}
			}
		}
		
		//next button
		if ($page < $counter - 1) 
			$pagination.= "<a href=\"$targetpage?page=$next\">next »</a>";
		else
			$pagination.= "<span class=\"disabled\">next »</span>";
		$pagination.= "</div>\n";		
	}
?>

 	<?php
		while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
		{
	
		// Your while loop here
	 
    $programme   = $r["programme"];
    $channel     = $r["channel"];
    $airdate     = strtotime($r['airdate']);
    $expiration = strtotime($r['expiration']);
    $episode     = $r["episode"];
    $setreminder = $r["setreminder"];
    $now         = time();
 
    if(date('Y-m-d') == date('Y-m-d', $airdate)) {
        // Same date, show only time
        $dateFormat = 'g:ia';
    } elseif(date('Y') == date('Y', $airdate)) {
        // Same year, show date without year
        $dateFormat = 'F jS - g:ia';
    } else {
        // Other cases, show full date
        $dateFormat = 'F jS, Y - g:ia';
    }
 
    $airdateFormatted = date($dateFormat, $airdate);
    echo "<tr><td><b>$programme</b></td><td>showing on $channel</td>";
    echo "<td>$airdateFormatted</td><td>$episode</td><td>$setreminder</td></tr>";
		}
	?>


<?=$pagination?>

The pagination footer shows, but the data does not, even though the database exists in config.php, the password is correct, and there is data.

Why is this? Also, how should I fix the date/time to avoid Jan 1st. 1970 error from occurring (which did happen in an earlier version of this script!) By the way, the date field is stored as DATETIME in MySQL.

Hope this helps, if you need any more info, feel free to ask.

I stop the null dates by trapping them before they get put into the function. I bypass it and set the displayed variable to "". You can set a default NULL in Mysql or just trap for "" and the null datetime format.
mKe sure you trap waht goes into the database as well, so there will be no surprises.
You can't use that function at all if the dates you are storing pre-date the unix epoch.

Rather than me having to pour though all of that code, just post the snippets that apply like the The database stuff and the offending php/html.

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