Breaking Data into pages using php

Breaking Data into pages using php

I want to break a table of data into Pages so that I don't have to scroll
down too much when searching for a record.
Up to now my research has found me some ways of doing this but all of them
include about 100+ lines of coding/script.
Now I want to say that I am NOT LAZY, but I do wonder whether this is
really neccessary or if there is a shorter and simpler way. Assuming that
I can write a Where clause + IF statement and what else not might be
included in getting or posting data with less than 100 lines of script, I
can't help to think that it cannot be right having to have such a long
script just to add pages to a table of data..
Anyone know a/some good links or easy scripts? Or is this rly something
that requires that much script? Cheers!