How can you display a limited number of records per page and allow users to navigate to the next set of records in a PHP forum?

To display a limited number of records per page in a PHP forum and allow users to navigate to the next set of records, you can use pagination. Pagination involves dividing the records into multiple pages and providing navigation links to move between them. You can achieve this by using PHP to limit the number of records displayed per page and calculate the offset for fetching the next set of records. 

<?php
// Number of records to display per page
$records_per_page = 10;

// Get the current page number from the URL
$current_page = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : 1;

// Calculate the offset for fetching records from the database
$offset = ($current_page - 1) * $records_per_page;

// Query to fetch records from the database with limit and offset
$query = "SELECT * FROM your_table LIMIT $records_per_page OFFSET $offset";
// Execute the query and display the records

// Display navigation links to previous and next pages
echo "<a href='?page=".($current_page-1)."'>Previous</a>";
echo "<a href='?page=".($current_page+1)."'>Next</a>";
?>

Keywords

pagination PHP forum records navigation

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