Generic PHP Page Navigation Class for Database Record Lists

Condense a Web page generated list of records into one page at a time. Greatly reduce Web page load time as formatted output is sent from server to client much quicker than the entire record set listing on a Web page. The generic PHP class (PageNav) makes that task easy, since it employs OOP. Navigate pages of formatted database records using the abstract class. Abstraction allows one to define the methods for each of the header, record list, and footer output. Create nicely formatted layouts or simple listings in just minutes and reuse this class for all your Web application lists. This article-tutorial explains the use and customization of PageNav. It is a small yet useful generic class because it can be used for any Web page that lists records from a database. Don't output hundreds or thousands of records on a Web page. Break it up into sections or pages with very little overhead using the simple yet convenient PageNav class. A download to the free PHP class is available.