switch laravel 5 pagination from QueryString To URI, using simple traits on models

PaginateTrait.php

<?php

/**
 * usage in  a controlller:
 * public function index($page=1) {
 *     $users = User::paginateUri(5, $page, $links);
 *     return view('users', compact('users','links'));
 * }
 * it also support variable number of parameters,  
 * routes must be defined using {page} or {page?} placeholders
 * $links is returned as reference and contain a standard bootstrap 3 navigation
 **/


namespace App\Pagination;

use Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator;

Trait PaginateTrait {
    
    
    public static function paginateUri($items, $page, &$links) {

        $action = app('request')->route()->getActionName();
        $parameters = app('request')->route()->parameters();
        $parameters['page'] = '##';
        $current_url = action(str_replace('App\Http\Controllers\\','',$action), $parameters);
        Paginator::currentPageResolver(function() use ($page) { return $page; });
        $paginate = self::paginate($items);
        $links = preg_replace('@href="(.*/?page=(\d+))"@U', 'href="'.str_replace('##','$2', $current_url).'"',$paginate->render());
        return $paginate;
    }
    
}

Hi Zofe

This is an interesting solution, but how can I use it in our controller? Do we need to define $links as a variable before send through the method paginateUri?

I tried it but got below error message

Call to undefined method Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder::paginateUri()

Thanks

Hi Zofe ,
I also have the same problem as Vongsi . You could tell how to fix it . An example?
Thank you

sorry.. i missed comments here:
@Vongsi no you don't need to instance $links, it's just returned as reference and contain the overridden navigation links

if you got an error is just because you're not applyng the trait on your models.. In the example i missed to show that User model use the PaginationTrait:

class User extends Model    {
    use PaginateTrait;
   ...

So you should add the trait on each model you want to paginate via URI (and you should adapt your routes don't miss this)

This is tested and in production on a L5.1 but should work also on L5.*

I modifed your code and use in laravel 5.7:
https://gist.github.com/Ramir1/118c7193e40c67b77435267c6fd06256