CakePHP custom query paginator: custom paginate function is not called - php

Question

I build a custom query and tried use the default paginator, like this:
WodsController.php
$userId = $this->Auth->user('id');
$connection = ConnectionManager::get('default');
$result = $connection->execute("SELECT wods.id, wods.titulo , wods.dia , wods.tempo, wods.repeticoes ,userwods.user_id FROM wods
LEFT JOIN userwods ON userwods.wod_id = wods.id WHERE userwods.user_id is null or userwods.user_id=4 order by wods.dia desc limit 50")->fetchAll('assoc');
$results = array();
foreach ($result as $r) {
$entity = $this->Wods->newEntity($r);
array_push($results, $entity);
}
$wods = $this->paginate($results);
$this->set('_serialize', ['wods']);
I got this error "Unable to locate an object compatible with paginate".
Now I'm tryng implement custom query paginator, but it's not working.
I implemented paginate and paginateCount functions in the model.
Wods.php file:
public function paginate($conditions, $fields, $order, $limit, $page = 1, $recursive = null, $extra = array()) {
$recursive = -1;
$this->useTable = false;
$sql = '';
$sql .= "SELECT wods.id, wods.titulo , wods.dia , wods.tempo, wods.repeticoes ,userwods.user_id FROM wods LEFT JOIN userwods ON userwods.wod_id = wods.id WHERE userwods.user_id is null or userwods.user_id=4 order by wods.dia desc limit ";
// Adding LIMIT Clause
$sql .= (($page - 1) * $limit) . ', ' . $limit;
$results = $this->query($sql);
return $results;
}
public function paginateCount($conditions = null, $recursive = 0, $extra = array()) {
$sql = '';
$sql .= "SELECT wods.id, wods.titulo , wods.dia , wods.tempo, wods.repeticoes ,userwods.user_id FROM wods LEFT JOIN userwods ON userwods.wod_id = wods.id WHERE userwods.user_id is null or userwods.user_id=4 order by wods.dia desc";
$this->recursive = $recursive;
$results = $this->query($sql);
return count($results);
}
In the controller WodsController.php
public function index()
{
$this->Wods->recursive = 0;
$this->paginate = array('Wods'=>array('limit'=>10));
$this->set('wods', $this->paginate('Wods'));
}
But the custom paginator is not called, it continues calling the default paginate function. Why ?

Answer 1

Following dragmosh advise (thanks), I investigate CakePHP ORM custom queries builder.
In this solution I used find() function with specific options, after I called the default paginator:
$query = $this->Wods->find()
->select(['Wods.id', 'Wods.titulo','Wods.dia','Wods.rounds','Wods.tempo','Wods.repeticoes','Userwods.user_id'])
->join([
'table' => 'Userwods',
'alias' => 'Userwods',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => 'Userwods.wod_id = Wods.id',
])
->where(function ($exp, $q) {
return $exp->isNull('Userwods.user_id');})
->orWhere(['Userwods.user_id' => 4])
->contain(['Userwods'])
->autoFields(true);
$wods = $this->paginate($query);
$this->set(compact('wods'));
$this->set('_serialize', ['wods']);