How can a PHP developer implement a pagination feature in a forum thread?

To implement pagination in a forum thread, a PHP developer can use a combination of SQL queries to fetch a subset of the thread's messages based on the current page number and a limit on the number of messages per page. They can then display navigation links to allow users to navigate between pages of the thread. 

// Assuming $currentPage holds the current page number and $messagesPerPage holds the number of messages to display per page

// Calculate the offset for the SQL query
$offset = ($currentPage - 1) * $messagesPerPage;

// Fetch messages for the current page using SQL LIMIT and OFFSET
$query = "SELECT * FROM messages WHERE thread_id = :thread_id LIMIT :limit OFFSET :offset";
$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
$stmt->bindParam(':thread_id', $threadId, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$stmt->bindParam(':limit', $messagesPerPage, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$stmt->bindParam(':offset', $offset, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$stmt->execute();
$messages = $stmt->fetchAll();

// Display messages and pagination links
foreach ($messages as $message) {
    // Display message content
}

// Display pagination links
$totalPages = ceil($totalMessages / $messagesPerPage);
for ($i = 1; $i <= $totalPages; $i++) {
    echo "<a href='forum_thread.php?page=$i'>$i</a> ";
}

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