Laravel pagination not working with array instead of collection

Question

I\'m trying to paginate an array data set and it has proven more challenging than I thought.

I\'m using Laravel 5

So I have an abstract interface/repository

Answer 1

You are not passing the current page, like you should so you also get same array. This will work

public function paginate($items,$perPage)
{
    $pageStart = \Request::get('page', 1);
    // Start displaying items from this number;
    $offSet = ($pageStart * $perPage) - $perPage; 

    // Get only the items you need using array_slice
    $itemsForCurrentPage = array_slice($items, $offSet, $perPage, true);

    return new LengthAwarePaginator($itemsForCurrentPage, count($items), $perPage,Paginator::resolveCurrentPage(), array('path' => Paginator::resolveCurrentPath()));
}

Your function will also work if you pass correct value for $pageStart - Request::get('page', 1)