Call to a member function links() on array in Laravel 5.6 - php

Question

I am using pagination in Laravel 5.6 to build an application. I am using Laravel DB instead of Eloquent. However, when I add a pagination link on view, it shows an error Call to a member function links() on array. This is because I am using an array, the default is an object with a collection. The output I am getting looks like
array:12 [▼
"current_page" => 1
"data" => array:3 [▶]
"first_page_url" => "http://127.0.0.1:8000/posts?page=1"
"from" => 1
"last_page" => 3
"last_page_url" => "http://127.0.0.1:8000/posts?page=3"
"next_page_url" => "http://127.0.0.1:8000/posts?page=2"
"path" => "http://127.0.0.1:8000/posts"
"per_page" => 3
"prev_page_url" => null
"to" => 3
"total" => 9
]
When I use normal pagination i.e. without converting to an array, the output is
LengthAwarePaginator {#264 ▼
#total: 9
#lastPage: 3
#items: Collection {#251 ▶}
#perPage: 3
#currentPage: 1
#path: "http://127.0.0.1:8000/posts"
#query: []
#fragment: null
#pageName: "page"
}
The problem I face here is adding other data to collection
I can't use the default output return by pagination() method. Can someone please suggest how to solve this issue?

Answer 1

Using the below, I am getting the required output.
Step 1: Include LengthAwarePaginator in the file
use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
Step 2: Create an object of LengthAwarePaginator
$paginate = new LengthAwarePaginator(Array, countOfArray, perPage, currentPage, [
'path' => request()->url(),
'query' => request()->query()
]);
I kept currentPage value as null.
Return $paginate to view.
return view('home', ['data' => Array, 'page' => $paginate]);