Laravel 4.2 Pagination with complex DB query - php

Question

I am new to Laravel 4.2.
I need to do some pagination in my view search result page.
What I am doing is writing this code in the controller -
public function getSpecials()
{
$title = "Specials";
$info = DB::table(DB::raw('`car` , `available_car`, `users`'))
->select('car.car_maker', 'car.car_model', 'available_car.car_price', 'car.car_production_year', 'available_car.car_id', 'available_car.id', 'available_car.current_position')
->where('available_car.car_id', '`car`.`car_id`')
->where('available_car.is_sold', 'no')
->whereRaw('`available_car`.`created_at` BETWEEN NOW() - INTERVAL 30 DAY AND NOW()')
->orderByRaw('WEEK(`available_car`.`created_at`) DESC')
->orderBy('available_car.car_price', 'desc')
->orderBy('users.last_paid_date', 'desc')
->orderBy('available_car.created_at', 'desc')
->distinct()
->get();
$pagination = Paginator::make($info, count($info), 5);
//var_dump($pagination );
return View::make('specials',compact('pagination'))->with('info',$info)->with('title',$title);
}
I want to show 5 items per page. So I am doing paginate like this -
$pagination = Paginator::make($info, count($info), 5);
But the problem here is I am getting paginate number in the page perfectly.
But, All page is showing the whole result, not showing only 5 items.
It is the output. (paginate is for 5 items per page and total no of entry is 7 in my case)
Page 1
Page 2
Can anyone help me please?
Thanks in advance for helping.

Answer 1

just make a small change in the code and laravel will take care of the rest.
public function getSpecials()
{
$title = "Specials";
$info = DB::table(DB::raw('`car` , `available_car`, `users`'))
->select('car.car_maker', 'car.car_model', 'available_car.car_price', 'car.car_production_year', 'available_car.car_id', 'available_car.id', 'available_car.current_position')
->where('available_car.car_id', '`car`.`car_id`')
->where('available_car.is_sold', 'no')
->whereRaw('`available_car`.`created_at` BETWEEN NOW() - INTERVAL 30 DAY AND NOW()')
->orderByRaw('WEEK(`available_car`.`created_at`) DESC')
->orderBy('available_car.car_price', 'desc')
->orderBy('users.last_paid_date', 'desc')
->orderBy('available_car.created_at', 'desc')
->distinct()
->paginate(5);
return View::make('specials',['info' => $info, 'title' => $title]);
}
in view:
Iterate like this:
#if(!$info->isEmpty())
#foreach($info as $i)
do whatever you want
#endforeach
#else
no data to show....
#endif
{{$info->links()}}

Answer 2

You need to create your paginator manually (Check this question for more details):
$pageNumber = Input::get('page', 1);
$perPage = 5;
$info = DB::table(DB::raw('`car` , `available_car`, `users`'))
->select('car.car_maker', 'car.car_model', 'available_car.car_price', 'car.car_production_year', 'available_car.car_id', 'available_car.id', 'available_car.current_position')
->where('available_car.car_id', '`car`.`car_id`')
->where('available_car.is_sold', 'no')
->whereRaw('`available_car`.`created_at` BETWEEN NOW() - INTERVAL 30 DAY AND NOW()')
->orderByRaw('WEEK(`available_car`.`created_at`) DESC')
->orderBy('available_car.car_price', 'desc')
->orderBy('users.last_paid_date', 'desc')
->orderBy('available_car.created_at', 'desc')
->distinct()
->get();
$slice = array_slice($info, $perpage * ($pageNumber - 1), $perpage);
$info = Paginator::make($slice, count($info), $perPage);
return View::make('specials',['info' => $info, 'title' => $title]);
Then print results in a foreach loop like suggested by #itachi.