Laravel 6 pagination - php

Question

Hi i am trying to paginate data from the database and i am getting the error below
"Call to undefined method App\Material::links() (View: C:\xampp\htdocs\project104\resources\views\swapview.blade.php)"
I don`t know where i am getting this wrong, i tried changing variables but still got an error
below is my controller
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Material;
class SwapViewController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
return view('swapview');
}
public function show()
{
$inf = Material::paginate(4);
$info = Material::orderBy('created_at', 'DESC')->get();
return view('swapview',['info'=>$info]);
}
}
below is my view
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-8">
#foreach($info as $inf)
<div style="background-color:#162238; color:white;" class="card mb-3" style="max-width: 540px;">
<div class="row g-0">
<div class="col-md-4">
<img
src="{{asset('images/' . $inf->imogi)}}"
alt="Trendy Pants and Shoes"
/>
</div>
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="card-body">
<div style="text-align: right;">
<i style="color:#3490dc" class="fa fa-building-o" style="font-size:24px"></i> <small>{{$inf->organazation}}</small> <small><i class="fa fa-calendar" style="color:#3490dc" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ $inf->created_at->format('d/m/Y') }}</small>
</div>
<br/>
<!--LIVEWIRE online status-->
#if($inf->isOnline())
<small><div class="circle"></div></small> <small style="color:#22bb33;">operative</small>
#else
<small><div class="ocircle"></div></small> <small>inoperative</small>
#endif
<h5 class="card-title"><i class="fa fa-user-circle-o" style="color:#3490dc" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{$inf->name}}</h5>
<small style="color:#3490dc;"><i class="fa fa-clock-o" style="color:#3490dc;"></i></small> <small style="color:#3490dc;"> posted {{ \Carbon\Carbon::parse($inf->created_at)->diffForHumans() }}</small><br/>
<small><i class="fa fa-map-marker" style="color:#3490dc" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{$inf->location}}</small> | <small><i class="fa fa-phone" style="color:#3490dc" aria-hidden="true"></i>{{$inf->contact}}</small>
<hr color=3490dc>
<p class="card-text">
<small><small style="color:#3490dc;"><i class="fa fa-exchange" aria-hidden="true"></i></small> {{$inf->swap}}</small>
</p>
<hr color=3490dc>
<p class="card-text">
<small><small style="color:#3490dc;"><i class="fa fa-exchange" style="font-size:10px"></i></small> {{$inf->exchange}}</small>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<a style="color:red;" href="{{ route('report') }}"><i class="fa fa-flag" style="color:red;" aria-hidden="true"></i> <small style="color:#3490dc;">Report</small></a>
</div>
<br/>
#endforeach
{{ $inf->links() }}
</div>
</div>
</div>
#include('footer')
#endsection
I will appreciate any help, thanks in advance

Answer 1

In your controller, this is your show method:
public function show()
{
$inf = Material::paginate(4);
$info = Material::orderBy('created_at', 'DESC')->get();
return view('swapview',['info'=>$info]);
}
So in your return, you send the $info variable to your view, but not you $inf.
And then, in your view, you are using $info as $inf, so your $inf variable is one Material item, not the paginate Material items you get in the controller. So then, when you use $inf->links(), Laravel can't get you some pagination links... because you are not on a paginate element.
It seems there is some confusion in variable naming.