function get_products() {


$query = query(" SELECT * FROM products");
confirm($query);

$rows = mysqli_num_rows($query); // Get total of mumber of rows from the database


if(isset($_GET['page'])){ //get page from URL if its there

    $page = preg_replace('#[^0-9]#', '', $_GET['page']);//filter everything but numbers



} else{// If the page url variable is not present force it to be number 1

    $page = 1;

}


$perPage = 6; // Items per page here 

$lastPage = ceil($rows / $perPage); // Get the value of the last page


// Be sure URL variable $page(page number) is no lower than page 1 and no higher than $lastpage

if($page < 1){ // If it is less than 1

    $page = 1; // force if to be 1

}elseif($page > $lastPage){ // if it is greater than $lastpage

    $page = $lastPage; // force it to be $lastpage's value

}



$middleNumbers = ''; // Initialize this variable

// This creates the numbers to click in between the next and back buttons


$sub1 = $page - 1;
$sub2 = $page - 2;
$add1 = $page + 1;
$add2 = $page + 2;



if($page == 1){

      $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item active"><a>' .$page. '</a></li>';

      $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page='.$add1.'">' .$add1. '</a></li>';

} elseif ($page == $lastPage) {
    
      $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page='.$sub1.'">' .$sub1. '</a></li>';
      $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item active"><a>' .$page. '</a></li>';

}elseif ($page > 2 && $page < ($lastPage -1)) {

      $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page='.$sub2.'">' .$sub2. '</a></li>';

      $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page='.$sub1.'">' .$sub1. '</a></li>';

      $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item active"><a>' .$page. '</a></li>';

         $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page='.$add1.'">' .$add1. '</a></li>';

      $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page='.$add2.'">' .$add2. '</a></li>';

     


} elseif($page > 1 && $page < $lastPage){

     $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page= '.$sub1.'">' .$sub1. '</a></li>';

     $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item active"><a>' .$page. '</a></li>';
 
     $middleNumbers .= '<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page='.$add1.'">' .$add1. '</a></li>';


     


}


// This line sets the "LIMIT" range... the 2 values we place to choose a range of rows from database in our query


$limit = 'LIMIT ' . ($page-1) * $perPage . ',' . $perPage;




// $query2 is what we will use to to display products with out $limit variable

$query2 = query(" SELECT * FROM products $limit");
confirm($query2);


$outputPagination = ""; // Initialize the pagination output variable


// if($lastPage != 1){

//    echo "Page $page of $lastPage";


// }


  // If we are not on page one we place the back link

if($page != 1){


    $prev  = $page - 1;

    $outputPagination .='<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page='.$prev.'">Back</a></li>';
}

 // Lets append all our links to this variable that we can use this output pagination

$outputPagination .= $middleNumbers;


// If we are not on the very last page we the place the next link

if($page != $lastPage){


    $next = $page + 1;

    $outputPagination .='<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page='.$next.'">Next</a></li>';

}


// Doen with pagination



// Remember we use query 2 below :)

while($row = fetch_array($query2)) {

$product_image = display_image($row['product_image']);

$product = <<<DELIMETER

<div class="col-sm-4 col-lg-4 col-md-4">
    <div class="thumbnail">
        <a href="item.php?id={$row['product_id']}"><img style="height:90px" src="../resources/{$product_image}" alt=""></a>
        <div class="caption">
            <h4 class="pull-right">&#36;{$row['product_price']}</h4>
            <h4><a href="item.php?id={$row['product_id']}">{$row['product_title']}</a>
            </h4>
            <p>See more snippets like this online store item at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bootsnipp.com">Bootsnipp - http://bootsnipp.com</a>.</p>
             <a class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank" href="../resources/cart.php?add={$row['product_id']}">Add to cart</a>
        </div>


       
    </div>
</div>

DELIMETER;

echo $product;


		}


       echo "<div class='text-center'><ul class='pagination'>{$outputPagination}</ul></div>";


}