How to use CakePHP's built-in pagination functionality?

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CakePHP provides built-in pagination functionality to make it easier for developers to handle paginated data in their applications. Here are the steps to use CakePHP's built-in pagination functionality:

Step 1: Set up the Paginator Component Make sure that the Paginator Component is loaded in your controller by adding the following line to the top of your controller file:

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public $components = array('Paginator');

Step 2: Configure the Paginator Component Configure the Paginator Component by setting the desired options. For example:

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$this->Paginator->settings = array(
    'limit' => 10,
    'order' => array('Post.created' => 'desc')
);

The above code sets the limit to 10 records per page and orders the records by the created field in descending order.

Step 3: Retrieve the Paginated Data To retrieve the paginated data, call the paginate() method on the Model:

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$data = $this->paginate('Post');
$this->set('posts', $data);

The above code retrieves the paginated data for the Post model and sets the data to the 'posts' variable to be used in the view.

Step 4: Display the Pagination Links To display the pagination links, use the following code in the view:

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echo $this->Paginator->prev('<< Previous', array('tag' => 'li'), null, array('class' => 'prev disabled'));
echo $this->Paginator->numbers(array('tag' => 'li', 'currentClass' => 'active'));
echo $this->Paginator->next('Next >>', array('tag' => 'li'), null, array('class' => 'next disabled'));

The above code displays the pagination links for the paginated data. The prev() method is used to display the previous link, the numbers() method is used to display the page numbers, and the next() method is used to display the next link.

That's it! By following these steps, you can easily use CakePHP's built-in pagination functionality to handle paginated data in your applications.