Modify a pagination script to show at most 9 page links

Here is some php pagination code, it can run smoothly.

$rst =  mysql_query($qry) or die(mysql_error()); 
        $numrows    =   mysql_num_rows($rst); 
        $qry         .= " limit $starting, $recpage"; 
        $this->result   =   mysql_query($qry) or die(mysql_error()); 
        $next       =   $starting+$recpage; 
        $var        =   ((intval($numrows/$recpage))-1)*$recpage; 
        $page_showing   =   intval($starting/$recpage)+1; 
        $total_page =   ceil($numrows/$recpage);  



    $norepeat = 4; 
    $j = 1; 
    for($i=$page_showing; $i>1; $i--){ 
        $fpreviousPage = $i-1; 
        $pagee = ceil($fpreviousPage*$recpage)-$recpage; 
        $anch = "<a href='#' >$fpreviousPage</a>".$anch; 
        if($j == $norepeat) break; 
        $j++; 
    } 
    $anc .= $anch;  // last 4 

    $anc .= $page_showing;   //current page 

    $j = 1; 
    for($i=$page_showing; $i<$total_page; $i++){ 
        $fnextPage = $i+1; 
        $pagee = ceil($fnextPage*$recpage)-$recpage; 
        $anc .= "<a href='#' >$fnextPage</a>"; // next 4 
        if($j==$norepeat) break; 
        $j++; 
    }  

PHP:

but it only display prev and next 4 pages max. like

(1) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5   // (1) as current page
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | (6) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10  // (6) as current page
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | (16) // (16) as current page, the last page

Code (markup):

now, how to modify the code, so that make a display like:

(1) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9  // (1) as current page
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | (6) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10  // (6) as current page
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | (16) // (16) as current page, the last page
there will show at least 9 pages pagination. 

Code (markup):

still need avoid if the total pages less than 9,

(1) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 // (1) as current page, 7 pages all, show max 7, not 9

Code (markup):