WP_Query and pagination AGAIN?

Question

I am using the WP_Query class to retrieve some posts according to variables set in url.

All working well until we get to paging. The second page (though having posts - tested it by making paged => 2) throws a 404. How can I fix this?

Note: Unusual method of getting author(director) data due to method of adding that content in backend.

<?php /* GET STUFF */

$director_id = get_query_var('author');
$reel = get_query_var('reel');
$info = get_query_var('info');
$page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;


$director_args = array(
                    'meta_key' => '_metabox_director',
                    'meta_value' => $director_id,
                    'paged' => $page,
                    'types' => $reel,
                    'posts_per_page' => 2, 
                    'post_type' => 'clip',
                    'orderby' => 'menu_order',
                    'order' => 'ASC',
        );  

//query_posts($director_args);
$wp_query = new WP_Query();
$wp_query->query($director_args);

if ($wp_query->have_posts()) : ?>


    <?php next_posts_link('Next' ); ?>
    <?php previous_posts_link('Back' ); ?>

    <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>

            <!-- Loop the loop -->

    <?php endwhile; ?>




<?php endif; ?>

Url vars on initial view are ?author=2&reel=commercials and on second page ?author=2&reel=commercials?paged=2 but the query won't display the posts.

Thanks!

Answer 1

&reel=commercials?paged=2

That's the problem at the end of that query string. You can't start a query string twice so that ?paged=2 bit is being read as part of the reel parameter's value. The question mark should be another & eg:

?author=2&reel=commercials&paged=2