paging alternative

///get primary values
$gallery = $_REQUEST['gallery']; //define what type of images
$page = $_REQUEST['page']; //the page that you are on
 
//set parameters for results on one page
$offsetx = 0;
$rowsy = 10;
//if on the first page, we want to display the very first result in the table
//to get next 10, offsetx needs to be able to multiply
if ($page != 1) {$offsetx = 1; 
$offsetx = $offsetx * 10;}
 
//query for total number of rows
$query = "SELECT * FROM `images` WHERE `type`='$gallery'";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
//round up rows to multiple of 10 then divide by 10 to get number of pages
$roundup = ceil(intval($rows)/10)*10;
$t = $roundup/10;
$p = 1;
 
//display pages in chronological order 1,2,3,... 
while ($t >= 1) {
echo "<a href=\"gallery.php?gallery=$gallery&page=$p\">$p</a> ";
$p++;
$t--;
}
 
//query for images and show only 10 results per page
$query = "SELECT * FROM `images` WHERE `type`='$gallery' LIMIT $offsetx,$rowsy";
$result = mysql_query($query);
//display gallery thumbnails
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
$id = $row['id'];
$img = $row['image'];
echo "<a href=\"gallery.php?view=$id\"><img src=\"$img\" border=0 height=150 width=150></a>";
}

if(!preg_match("[0-9]{2}", $page)) $error = 1
$page = mysql_real_escape_string($page)