How to determine if theres a next page

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1. You can use get_previous_posts_link and get_next_posts_link
   to determine if they exists like this:

   $prev_link = get_previous_posts_link(__('« Older Entries'));
   $next_link = get_next_posts_link(__('Newer Entries »'));
   // as suggested in comments
   if ($prev_link || $next_link) {
     echo '<ul class="navigation">';
     if ($prev_link){
       echo '<li>'.$prev_link .'</li>';
     }
     if ($next_link){
       echo '<li>'.$next_link .'</li>';
     }
     echo '</ul>';
   }
   

   Hope This Helps

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2. I wrote this up a while ago, but should still be valid:

   http://www.ericmmartin.com/conditional-pagepost-navigation-links-in-wordpress-redux/

   You can add the following function to your functions.php file:

   /**
    * If more than one page exists, return TRUE.
    */
   function show_posts_nav() {
       global $wp_query;
       return ($wp_query->max_num_pages > 1);
   }
   

   The update your code to:

   <?php if (show_posts_nav()) : ?>
   <div class="navigation">
       <div class="next-posts"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older Entries') ?></div>
       <div class="prev-posts"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
   </div>
   <?php endif; ?>
   

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3. the best solution is checking $wp_query->max_num_pages, but you also can use:

   <?php
   if(paginate_links()) {
   ...
   }
   

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