php - display data 3 items in row with pagination 9 items on page from api or array -

i fetching data api. want display data 9 items on page , 3 items in row. have done it's screwing up. array data received api in $items array.

$count_items=count($items); echo $count_items; $ptemp="http://".$_server['server_name'].$_server['request_uri'];   $pt=explode('&',$ptemp);   if (strpos($ptemp,'pageno'))   array_pop($pt);   $pt=implode('&',$pt);   $ptemp=$pt;   $array=$items;  $page = $_request['pageno'];    $currentpage = isset($page) ? (integer)$page : 1; echo 'currentpage='.$currentpage;  $numperpage = 1; //number of rows displayed per page    $total = ceil((count($array))/3); echo '$total='.$total;  $numofpages = ceil($total / $numperpage); //total number of pages   echo "numofpages=".$numofpages; if(isset($array))   {   if (($currentpage > 0) && ($currentpages <= $numofpages))    {       //starting loop array data       $start = ($currentpage-1) * $numperpage; echo 'start='.$start; echo '<table border=1><th colspan=3><h3>data</h3></th><tr class="cbox" align="center">'; if($numperpage>=$total) {$numperpage=$total;}       for($i=$start;$i<=($numperpage+$start-1);$i++) {   echo 'currentpage='.$currentpage; echo 'i='.$i;          $counter = 0; $rcount = 0; for($aa=$rcount;$aa<((ceil($count_items/3))*$currentpage);$aa++) {  echo 'aa='.$aa; if ($counter++%3 == 0) { echo 'counter='.$counter;    if ($counter > 0) {        echo "</tr>";    }    echo '<tr class="cbox">'; }  //to display code , non-code parts of string table echo '<td>'; echo $items[$aa]['offerp1'];  eval ($items[$aa]['offerp2']); if($_server['http_host']!="somedomain.com") {  echo $items[$aa]['offerp3'];  eval ($items[$aa]['offerp4']);  }   echo $items[$aa]['offerp5']; echo '</td>'; $rcount++;  }   if ($counter > 0) {     echo "</tr>"; } } echo '<tr class="cbox"><td></td><td>some text</td><td><a href="file.php">more data</a></td></tr>'; echo "</table>";  }  } if ($currentpage != 1)    { //going page 1 should not bet allowed    $previous_page = $currentpage - 1;    $previous = '<a href="'.$ptemp.'?pageno='.$previous_page.'"> prev</a> ';       }       $pages = '';   ($a=1; $a<=$numofpages; $a++)   {     if ($a == $currentpage)     $pages .= $a .'</u> ';     else     $pages .= '<a href="'.$ptemp.'?pageno='.$a.'" >'. $a .'</a> ';   }   $pages = substr($pages,0,-1); //removing last comma (,)    if ($currentpage != $numofpages)    { //going ahead of last page should not allowed    $next_page = $currentpage + 1;    //$next = ' <a href="'.$ptemp.'?pageno='.$next_page.'"> ></a>'; $next = ' <a href="'.$ptemp.'?pageno='.$next_page.'"> next</a>';   } $lastp=' <a href="'.$ptemp.'?pageno='.$numofpages.'"> last</a>';   echo '    '. $previous . $pages . $next . $lastp; 

now problem same data displayed on pages. suppose if number of items 10 , testing 1 row per page 10 items showing on pages. please advice how can required number of rows per page.

edit: sorry results of code are: 4 items on page 1, 8 items on page 2, 10 items each on page 3 & 4. also, if there's simpler way welcome too.