Laravel, how to sort and paginate of loop array - php

Question

I have this code in controller, so I need to paginate and sort by using distance, I dont know how to do this, Im new to laravel , thanks in advance
$stores = [];
foreach (session('storeinfo') as $storeInfo) {
$store = Storeinfo::find($storeInfo['id']);
if ($store) {
$store->distance = $storeInfo['distance'];
$stores[] = $store;
$stores = collect([]);
if (!Collection::hasMacro('paginate')) {
Collection::macro('paginate', function ($perPage = 25, $page = null, $options = []) {
$options['path'] = $options['path'] ?? request()->path();
$page = $page ?: (Paginator::resolveCurrentPage() ?: 1);
return new LengthAwarePaginator(
$this->forPage($page, $perPage)->values(),
$this->count(),
$perPage,
$page,
$options
);
});
}
}
}
return view('stores.archive',compact('stores'));
Im placing id into session using this:
$allstores= Storeinfo::all();
foreach ($allstores as $allstore) {
Session::push('storeinfo', [
'id' => $allstore->id,
'distance' => $miles
]);
}}
where $mile comes from calculation of distance
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Answer 1

First, I would create a collection instance of your $stores array:
$stores = collect([]);
I prefer using the push() api of the collection to add items:
$stores->push($store);
Second, the collection instance doesn't provide a native way to paginate so you need to add a macro:
use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
use Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator;
use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
...
if (!Collection::hasMacro('paginate')) {
Collection::macro('paginate', function ($perPage = 25, $page = null, $options = []) {
$options['path'] = $options['path'] ?? request()->path();
$page = $page ?: (Paginator::resolveCurrentPage() ?: 1);
return new LengthAwarePaginator(
$this->forPage($page, $perPage)->values(),
$this->count(),
$perPage,
$page,
$options
);
});
}
I personally added the above macro in AppServiceProvider so that I can use it anywhere in my project. This should be located in the app/Providers directory.
To paginate you simply need to call the paginate() macro you just created:
$stores->paginate(15);
If you wish to set the current page or path, you may do so:
$stores->paginate(15, 1, ['path' => 'your/custom/path']);
To sort, all you need to do is used the desired sortBy method to achieve your results.
Per the docs, sortBy takes a string:
$sorted = $collection->sortBy('price');
Or a callback:
$sorted = $collection->sortBy(function ($product, $key) {
return count($product['colors']);
});
The method, sortByDesc() works the same way as sortBy().