Laravel Length Aware Pagination for custom array

length-aware-paginator.php

<?php
public function sampleArrayPaginator(Request $request) {
    $response = array();
    $page = ($request->has('page')) ? intval($request->page) : 1;
    $size = ($request->has('size')) ? intval($request->size) : 10;
    $collection = collect($response);
    $total = $collection->count();
    return new LengthAwarePaginator(
        array_values($collection->forPage($page, $size)->toArray()),
        $collection->count(),
        $size,
        $page
    );
}