Manual Paginate In Laravel

manual_paginate.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;

use App\Model;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator as Paginator;


class TestController extends Controller
{
    
    public function test(Request $request){

        $array = Model::select('id','organisation_name','company_status','created_at','updated_at')->where('publish', 1)->limit(15)->get();
        $total=count($array);
        $per_page = 5;
        $current_page = $request->input("page") ?? 1;

        $starting_point = ($current_page * $per_page) - $per_page;

        $array = array_slice($array, $starting_point, $per_page, true);
        
        $array = $array->toArray();
        $array = array_slice($array, $starting_point, $per_page, true);

        $array = new Paginator($array, $total, $per_page, $current_page, [
            'path' => $request->url(),
            'query' => $request->query(),
        ]);

        dd($array);
    }
}

Hi, I'm trying to implement a paginator, but I don't know where do you get "page" here:

$current_page = $request->input("page") ?? 1;

Could you help me whit that? I'm a bit confused

$request->input("page")

Should come from your request. You need to keep track of what page you're on from your view.
So always pass the value of that page in the request maybe through the URL assuming it is a get request.
eg
<a href="{{ url ("/your/url?page=".$array->current_page + 1 ) }}" > next </a>

$request->input("page")

Should come from your request. You need to keep track of what page you're on from your view.
So always pass the value of that page in the request maybe through the URL assuming it is a get request.
eg
<a href="{{ url ("/your/url?page=".$array->current_page + 1 ) }}" > next </a>

Remember to ensure you add if statements to check if you're on the first page and if you're on the last page. You don't want the next or previous respectively to be clickable on those pages.

Oh right, excellent, thank you so much!!

Oh right, excellent, thank you so much!!

Glad i could help :)

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