Paginator

Paginator

There are several ways to paginate items. The simplest is by using the paginate method on the query builder.

Paginating Database Results

$users = DB::table('users')->paginate(15);

The argument passed to the paginate method is the number of items you wish to display per page. Once you have retrieved the results, you may display them on your view, and create the pagination links using the links method:

<div class="container">
    <?php foreach ($users as $user): ?>
        <?php echo $user->name; ?>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</div>

<?php echo $users->links(); ?>

You may also access additional pagination information via the following methods:

• getCurrentPage
• getLastPage
• getPerPage
• getTotal
• getFrom
• getTo
• count

"Simple Pagination"

If you are only showing "Next" and "Previous" links in your pagination view, you have the option of using the simplePaginate method to perform a more efficient query. This is useful for larger datasets when you do not require the display of exact page numbers on your view:

$someUsers = DB::table('users')->where('votes', '>', 100)->simplePaginate(15);

Creating A Paginator Manually

Sometimes you may wish to create a pagination instance manually, passing it an array of items. You may do so using the Paginator::make method:

$paginator = Paginator::make($items, $totalItems, $perPage);

Appending To Pagination Links

You can add to the query string of pagination links using the appends method on the Paginator:

<?php echo $users->appends(array('sort' => 'votes'))->links(); ?>

This will generate URLs that look something like this:

http://example.com/something?page=2&sort=votes

If you wish to append a "hash fragment" to the paginator's URLs, you may use the fragment method:

<?php echo $users->fragment('foo')->links(); ?>

This method call will generate URLs that look something like this:

http://example.com/something?page=2#foo

Full Example Usage

Users Model

namespace AppModels;

use DatabaseModel;

class Users extends Model
{
    /**
     * The table associated with the Model.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $table = 'users';

    /**
     * The primary key for the Model.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $primaryKey = 'id';

    /**
     * The number of Records to return for pagination.
     *
     * @var int
     */
    protected $perPage = 25;
}

Users Controller

namespace AppControllers;

use CoreView;
use CoreController;

class Users extends Controller
{

    private $model;

    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();

        $this->model = new AppModelsUsers();
    }

    public function dashboard()
    {
        $users = $this->model->paginate();

        return View::make('Users/Dashboard')
            ->shares('title', 'Dashboard')
            ->with('users', $users);
    }
}

Users Dashboard View

<?php foreach ($users->getItems() as $user): ?>
    <?php echo $user->username; ?>
<?php endforeach ?>

<?php echo $users->links() ?>