pagination adding params

1. You need to use the method correctly. If you specify incorrect parameters, it does now work as you expected.
2. Try the sample code in the User Guide to understand how the code works.
3. By default, all GET queries are shown in the pagination links. So you don't need to do an extra work.

PHP Code:

        $pager = service('pager');

        $page    = (int) ($this->request->getGet('page') ?? 1);
        $perPage = 20;
        $total  = 200;

        // Call makeLinks() to make pagination links.
        $pager_links = $pager->makeLinks($page, $perPage, $total);

        $data = [
            // ...
            'pager_links' => $pager_links,
        ];

        return view('users/index', $data); 


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