Pages not linking in correct order

Hi,

I have added the code in my pages and it works a treat, but the pages are not linking in order. I have ordered the pages within the WordPress interface, 1 – 12, but the pages between themselves link in a random order. What am I doing wrong? Have played around with the code but can’t seem to fix it.

The code:

<?php

$nextPage = next_page_not_post(‘next project →’, ‘true’, ‘sort_column=post_date&sort_order=desc’);

$prevPage = previous_page_not_post(‘← previous project’, ‘true’, ‘sort_column=post_date&sort_order=desc’);

if (!empty($nextPage) || !empty($prevPage)) {
echo ‘<ul id=”postnav”>’; if (!empty($nextPage)) echo ‘<li class=”next”>’.$nextPage.”;
if (!empty($prevPage)) echo ‘<li class=”previous”>’.$prevPage.”;
echo ”;
}
?>

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