Paginate a array in laravel

Hi guys In this article we are going to create custom pagination from array in laravel. Any laravel version is fine.

So lets get started

First we need a function. So in any controller where you want to add custom pagination add this function.

Creating Paginate Class

public function paginate($items, $perPage = 4, $page = null)
{
    $page = $page ?: (Paginator::resolveCurrentPage() ?: 1);
    $total = count($items);
    $currentpage = $page;
    $offset = ($currentpage * $perPage) - $perPage ;
    $itemstoshow = array_slice($items , $offset , $perPage);
    return new LengthAwarePaginator($itemstoshow ,$total ,$perPage);
}

OK in above code we have a function called "paginate". Here mainly we are passing 4 as posts per page. $items can be your array variable. then we have $page.

So if you want to set second page as first page in pagination you can pass $page. By default we have it as null not compulsory to pass value for it.

Rest all is pretty straight forwards as we have

• $total -> as total number of posts.
• $current page -> as name suggests the value for current page.
• $offset -> This is required to get different posts on each page.

Mainly we are using "LengthAwarePaginator" class which is doing the heavy lifting for us.

So make sure you include these below given lines in the same file where you use this function.

Include Required Files

use Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator;
use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;

OK Lets see how things work here

Here is how you do using laravel pagination.

Which outputs something like this

Now lets see if we get a array and the we have to do

So here is our data as array

Here we have pagination method present in same controller so calling it using "$this".

Here how output looks

Check results

Lets see what code we added in blade file

Mainly the same code as you need for laravel pagination.

Check our video guide for more clarity.