In CakePHP pagination is provided by a Component defined in the controller for making paginated queries much easier. PaginatorHelper View is used for generating pagination links & buttons in a simpler way.

Setting up the Query:

Let us take a controller with name Posts,so the query will go as:

class PostsController extends AppController {

public $components = array('Paginator'); //Using Paginator Component

public $paginate = array(
    'fields' => array('Post.id', 'Post.created'),
    'limit' => 25,
    'order' => array(
        'Post.title' => 'asc'
    )
);
}

The pagination query uses $paginate controller variable by default.These conditions,acts as the basis of the pagination queries applied.

//Function which uses Paginator

public function_list(recipes) {
    $this->Paginator->settings = $this->paginate;
    // similar to findAll(), but fetches paged results
    $data = $this->Paginator->paginate('Recipe');
    $this->set('data', $data); 
}

One can set conditions and other pagination array settings inside your action.Enjoy guys!!!