what you want is not possible in laravel by default, however there are a few things you can do.
Solution one you can return paginator first and then modify the collection.
$users = User::select(['id', 'name'])->paginate(4)->toArray();
$users['data'] = array_map(function ($user) {
$history = AnswerHistory::where('user_id', '=', $user->id)->get();
$user->total_votes = count($history);
$user->total_time = gmdate("H:i:s", ($history->sum('answer_time')));
return $user;
}, $users['data']);
return $users;
Solution two The macro way. If you prefer, add the Collection macro to a Service Provider. That way you can call paginate() on any collection:
See AppServiceProvider.php for a sample implementation.
public function boot()
{
Collection::macro('paginate', function ($perPage, $total = null, $page = null, $pageName = 'page') {
$page = $page ?: LengthAwarePaginator::resolveCurrentPage($pageName);
return new LengthAwarePaginator(
$this->forPage($page, $perPage),
$total ?: $this->count(),
$perPage,
$page,
[
'path' => LengthAwarePaginator::resolveCurrentPath(),
'pageName' => $pageName,
]
);
});
}
and then your code will be like this
$users = User::select(['id', 'name'])->get();
foreach ($users as $key => $user) {
$history = AnswerHistory::where('user_id', '=', $user->id)->get();
$user->total_votes = count($history);
$user->total_time = gmdate("H:i:s", ($history->sum('answer_time')));
}
return response()->json($users->paginate(4));
Solution three The subclass way. Where you want a "pageable" collection that is distinct from the standard Illuminate\Support\Collection, implement a copy of Collection.php in your application and simply replace your use Illuminate\Support\Collection statements at the top of your dependent files with use App\Support\Collection:
<?php
namespace App\Support;
use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
use Illuminate\Support\Collection as BaseCollection;
class Collection extends BaseCollection
{
public function paginate($perPage, $total = null, $page = null, $pageName = 'page')
{
$page = $page ?: LengthAwarePaginator::resolveCurrentPage($pageName);
return new LengthAwarePaginator(
$this->forPage($page, $perPage),
$total ?: $this->count(),
$perPage,
$page,
[
'path' => LengthAwarePaginator::resolveCurrentPath(),
'pageName' => $pageName,
]
);
}
}
and your code will be like this
// use Illuminate\Support\Collection
use App\Support\Collection;
$users = User::select(['id', 'name'])->get();
foreach ($users as $key => $user) {
$history = AnswerHistory::where('user_id', '=', $user->id)->get();
$user->total_votes = count($history);
$user->total_time = gmdate("H:i:s", ($history->sum('answer_time')));
}
return response()->json((new Collection($users))->paginate(4);