<?php
$num_rec_per_page=10;
mysql_connect('localhost','root','');
mysql_select_db('apex1');
if (isset($_GET["page"])) { $page = $_GET["page"]; } else { $page=1; };
$start_from = ($page-1) * $num_rec_per_page;
$sql = "SELECT * FROM student LIMIT $start_from, $num_rec_per_page";
$rs_result = mysql_query ($sql); //run the query
?>
<table>
<tr><td>Name</td><td>Phone</td></tr>
<?php
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($rs_result)) {
?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $row['Name']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['Phone']; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
};
?>
</table>
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM student";
$rs_result = mysql_query($sql); //run the query
$total_records = mysql_num_rows($rs_result); //count number of records
$total_pages = ceil($total_records / $num_rec_per_page);

echo "<a href='pagination.php?page=1'>".'|<'."</a> "; // Goto 1st page

for ($i=1; $i<=$total_pages; $i++) {
echo "<a href='pagination.php?page=".$i."'>".$i."</a> ";
};
echo "<a href='pagination.php?page=$total_pages'>".'>|'."</a> "; // Goto last page
?>

Good work. Repeated call to the same program...

How about the next/previous styled pagination?

This program might been working well, but, I think designing a code like this in the year 2016 is very bad. I'm not after the use of mydql_* functions or doing it in a procedural way.
Though, it is very hard to name things, I'm pretty sure, you can still do better. like me I would name this $num_rec_per_page=10; as $per_page;
You are not even afraid of SQL injection.

babatope88:
This program might been working well, but, I think designing a code like this in the year 2016 is very bad. I'm not after the use of mydql_* functions or doing it in a procedural way.
Though, it is very hard to name things, I'm pretty sure, you can still do better. like me I would name this $num_rec_per_page=10; as $per_page;
You are not even afraid of SQL injection.

While you are very correct about his improper naming conventions, a tutorial is just meant to share the basics.. all security concerns or other unadded functionality can be added by the user. For example, most tutorials only hash passwords using MD5() which is known to be insecure, it's now up to the user to use password_hash() or any other hashing functions or mechanism available.

That moment when u understood 50% of the op's post and you're just starting out. Great

Good Article For Beginners.. would be great if you provide code for pagination with ajax..