paginate_example.php

<?php 
$start = $_GET['page'] == 1 || $_GET['page'] == '' ? 0 : $_GET['page'] * $perpage;
$perpage = 10;

$query = "SELECT * FROM table LIMIT $start, $perpage";
$query = mysql_query($query);

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)):
    echo '<p>'.$row['id'].' '.$row['data'].'</p>';
endwhile;

echo paginate( mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM data")), $perpage );
?>