How can PHP developers efficiently manage and display data from a MySQL database without overwhelming the user interface?

To efficiently manage and display data from a MySQL database without overwhelming the user interface, PHP developers can implement pagination. Pagination allows the data to be split into manageable chunks, displaying only a certain number of records per page. This helps improve the user experience by reducing the amount of data shown at once and making navigation easier. 

<?php

// Connect to MySQL database
$connection = mysqli_connect("localhost", "username", "password", "database");

// Set the number of records to display per page
$records_per_page = 10;

// Get the current page number
if (isset($_GET['page']) && is_numeric($_GET['page'])) {
    $page = $_GET['page'];
} else {
    $page = 1;
}

// Calculate the starting record for the current page
$start_from = ($page - 1) * $records_per_page;

// Retrieve data from MySQL database with pagination
$query = "SELECT * FROM table_name LIMIT $start_from, $records_per_page";
$result = mysqli_query($connection, $query);

// Display data in HTML table
echo "<table>";
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    echo "<tr>";
    echo "<td>" . $row['column1'] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $row['column2'] . "</td>";
    // Add more columns as needed
    echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";

// Display pagination links
$query = "SELECT COUNT(*) as total_records FROM table_name";
$result = mysqli_query($connection, $query);
$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
$total_records = $row['total_records'];
$total_pages = ceil($total_records / $records_per_page);

for ($i = 1; $i <= $total_pages; $i++) {
    echo "<a href='?page=$i'>$i</a> ";
}

// Close MySQL connection
mysqli_close($connection);

?>

Keywords

PHP MySQL data management user interface efficiency

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