Helper function to Paginate a Laravel Collections.

paginateCollection.php

use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
use Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator;
use Illuminate\Support\Collection;

if(! function_exists('paginate'))
{
    function paginate($items, $perPage = 15, $page = null)
    {
        $page = $page ?: (Paginator::resolveCurrentPage() ?: 1);
        $items = $items instanceof Collection ? $items : Collection::make($items);
        return new LengthAwarePaginator(
            $items->forPage($page, $perPage),
            $items->count(),
            $perPage,
            $page,
            [
                'path' => LengthAwarePaginator::resolveCurrentPath(),
                'pageName' => 'page',
            ]
        );
    }
}