How can PHP developers efficiently handle large amounts of data from a database for use in jQuery plugins like Tokenizing Autocomplete Text Entry?

To efficiently handle large amounts of data from a database for use in jQuery plugins like Tokenizing Autocomplete Text Entry, PHP developers can implement pagination in their database queries. By retrieving data in smaller chunks, it reduces the load on the server and improves the performance of the application. 

<?php

// Establish a database connection
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Pagination variables
$limit = 10;
$page = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : 1;
$start = ($page - 1) * $limit;

// Query to retrieve data with pagination
$sql = "SELECT * FROM your_table LIMIT $start, $limit";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        // Process data for use in jQuery plugins
    }
} else {
    echo "0 results";
}

$conn->close();

?>

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