Magento. Add pagination to custom collection.

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Add pagination to custom collection

Modify _prepareLayout() method of class what render your template

    protected function _prepareLayout()
    {
        parent::_prepareLayout();

        $pager = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('page/html_pager', {pager name});
        $pager->setAvailableLimit({collection limits});
        $pager->setCollection({collection});

        $this->setChild('pager', $pager);

        return $this;
    }

where

• {pager name} - any unique name
• {collection limits} - array with limit params like a 'array(10=>10)'
• {collection} - your collection

Add pager in template

    <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('pager'); ?>