Extends Laravel collection with paginate() function like Eloquent

extendCollectionWithPaginate.php

<?php
//----------------------------------------How to use?----------------------------------------------
// 1. Add the following private method in App\Providers\AppServiceProvider class
// 2. Call this function from boot() method of same class: $this->extendCollectionWithPaginate();
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * Macro to extends Laravel Collection
 * If you have a collection called $item and you want to paginate it like Eloquent paginate:
 * $items->paginate($perPage)
 */
private function extendCollectionWithPaginate()
{
    if (!\Illuminate\Support\Collection::hasMacro('paginate')) {

        \Illuminate\Support\Collection::macro('paginate',
            function ($perPage = 15, $page = null, $options = []) {
                $options = empty($options) ? ['path' => request()->url()] : $options;
                $page = $page ?: (\Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator::resolveCurrentPage() ?: 1);
                return (new \Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator(
                    $this->forPage($page, $perPage),
                    $this->count(),
                    $perPage,
                    $page,
                    $options
                ));
            });
    }
}