Laravel 5.1 customizing the paginator styling - php

Question

Is there a way to customize the paginator view in Laravel 5.1.
I want to add a first and last link in addition to the out of the box previous and next links.
I want to change the previous and next links to display icons instead of text but display text for screen readers.
I want to limit the number of page links to display only 5.
Below is what I'm trying to achieve.
<ul class="pagination no-margin pull-right">
<li class="disabled">
First
</li>
<li class="disabled">
<a href="#">
<span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
<i class="fa fa-caret-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</a>
</li>
<li class="active">
1
</li>
<li class="">
2
</li>
<li class="">
3
</li>
<li class="">
4
</li>
<li class="">
5
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<span class="sr-only">Next</span>
<i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</a>
</li>
<li >
Last
</li>
</ul>

Answer 1

In instead of
$users->render()
use
#include('pagination', ['paginator' => $users])
create pagination.blade in views directory
add this code in pagination file
#if ($paginator->lastPage() > 1)
<ul class="pagination">
<li class="{{ ($paginator->currentPage() == 1) ? ' disabled' : '' }}">
Previous
</li>
#for ($i = 1; $i <= $paginator->lastPage(); $i++)
<li class="{{ ($paginator->currentPage() == $i) ? ' active' : '' }}">
{{ $i }}
</li>
#endfor
<li class="{{ ($paginator->currentPage() == $paginator->lastPage()) ? ' disabled' : '' }}">
<a href="{{ $paginator->url($paginator->currentPage()+1) }}" >Next</a>
</li>
</ul>
#endif
you can add your style in this file
get the last page $paginator->lastPage() and first page is 1

Answer 2

You can modify this file for customizing the paginator styling
\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Pagination\BootstrapThreePresenter.php