What are the potential drawbacks of creating a new page for each set of database records to be displayed?

Creating a new page for each set of database records can lead to a cluttered website with an excessive number of pages, making it difficult for users to navigate and find information efficiently. A better approach would be to use pagination to display a limited number of records per page, allowing users to easily navigate through the data. 

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

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

// Calculate the offset for the database query
$offset = ($page - 1) * $records_per_page;

// Query the database for records with LIMIT and OFFSET
$query = "SELECT * FROM table_name LIMIT $records_per_page OFFSET $offset";
$result = mysqli_query($connection, $query);

// Display the records
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    // Display record data
}

// Display pagination links
$total_records = // Get total number of records from database
$total_pages = ceil($total_records / $records_per_page);

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

Keywords

scalability performance code duplication maintenance database queries

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