How to create paging and shorting in cake php

1. Controller/controllername.php

class ControllerNameController extends AppController {

var $name = 'ControllerName';

public $uses = array('TablesName');

function inbox() {

$this->paginate = array(

'conditions' => array('TablesName.receiver_delete'=>'0', 'AND'=>array('TablesName.user_to'=>$parameters ['id'])),'limit' => 10,'order' => array('TablesName.sent_date'=>'desc'

)

);

$data = $this->paginate('TablesName');

$this->set('messages', $data);

}

2. views/elements/paging.ctp
   <?php

echo "<div align='left' class='l1'>".

$this->Paginator->counter(array('format' => 'Showing %page% to %pages% of %count% entries' )).

"</div><div align='right' class='r1'>".

$this->Paginator->first('First', null, null, array('class' => 'disabled'))."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;".

$this->Paginator->prev('« Prev', null, null, array('class' => 'disabled'))."&nbsp;&nbsp;".

$this->Paginator->numbers()."&nbsp;&nbsp;".

$this->Paginator->next('Next »', null, null, array('class' => 'disabled'))."&nbsp;&nbsp;".

$this->Paginator->last('Last', null, null, array('class' => 'disabled'))."".

"</div>";

?>

3. views/paging vies file

<table width="100%" style="border: 1px solid #ccc;" border='0'>

<?php

if (!empty($messages)) {

echo "<tr>";

echo "<td colspan=\"5\" align=\"right\">". $this->element('paging')."</td>";

echo "</tr>";

echo "<tr style=\"background-color: #55699F;\">";

echo "<td><font color=white>S.No</font></td>";

echo "<td><font color=white>".$this->Paginator->sort('From', 'user_from')."</font></td>";

echo "<td><font color=white>".$this->Paginator->sort('Title', 'subject')."</font></td>";

echo "<td><font color=white>".$this->Paginator->sort('Date & Time', 'sent_date')."</font></td>";

echo "<td><font color=white>Action</font></td>";

echo "<tr>";

foreach ($messages as $message) {?>

<tr class="<?php echo ($message['Message']['status']=='Un-read')? 'unread':'read'?>">

<td><?php echo $message['Message']['id'] ?></td>

<td onclick="read('<?php echo base64_encode($message['Message']['id'])?>/inbox')" style="width: 200px"><?php echo $message['user_from']['email']?></td>

<td onclick="read('<?php echo base64_encode($message['Message']['id'])?>/inbox')" style="width: 500px"><?php echo $message['Message']['subject']?></td>

<td onclick="read('<?php echo base64_encode($message['Message']['id'])?>/inbox')" style="width: 130px"><?php echo $message['Message']['sent_date']?></td>

<td style="width: 40px"><a onclick="return confirm('Do you really want to delete this message?');" href="delete/<?php echo base64_encode($message['Message']['id']);?>/inbox">Delete</a></td>

</tr>

<?php

}

echo "<tr>";

echo "<td style=\"height:20px\"></td>";

echo "</tr>";

echo "<tr>";

echo "<td colspan=\"5\" align=\"right\">". $this->element('paging')."</td>";

echo "</tr>";

} else {?>

<tr >

<td colspan="5">Ther are no messages in inbox.</td>

</tr>

<?php

}

?>

</table>