A reusable helper class for pagination of array items in Laravel.

ArrayPaginator.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Utilities;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
use Illuminate\Support\Collection;

class ArrayPaginator
{
    /**
     * @var \Illuminate\Http\Request
     */
    protected $request;

    /**
     * Creates a new array paginator instance.
     *
     * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
     */
    public function __construct(Request $request)
    {
        $this->request = $request;
    }
    
    /**
     * Paginates an array of items.
     *
     * @param mixed   $items
     * @param integer $length
     * @param string  $path (optional)
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator
     */
    public function paginate($items, $length = 10, $path = null)
    {
        if ($items instanceof Collection) {
            $items = $items->all();
        }

        $page = $this->request->get('page') ?: 1;

        $offset = ($page - 1) * $length;

        $paginator = new LengthAwarePaginator(array_slice($items, $offset, $length), count($items), $length);

        if ($path) {
            $paginator->setPath($path);
        } else {
            $paginator->setPath($this->request->path());
        }

        return $paginator;
    }
}

ControllerExample.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Http\Utilities\ArrayPaginator;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;

class ControllerExample extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\View\View
     */
    public function index(ArrayPaginator $paginator)
    {
        $users = $paginator->paginate(['Your', 'Array', 'Or', 'Collection', 'Here'], 2);

        return view('users.index', compact('users'));
    }
}

view-example.blade.php

<h1>Users</h1>

@foreach ($users as $user)
    <p>{{ $user->name }} - {{ $user->email }}</p>
@endforeach

{{-- Render the pagination links... --}}
{!! $users->render() !!}

{{-- Or you can use... --}}
{!! $users->links() !!}

{{-- You can even pass in a custom presenter if you have one... --}}
{!! $users->links(new \App\Presenters\BootstrapFourPresenter($users)) !!}