How to Paginate the array?

I am working on a webapplication, which searches for places/locations via /search route. On /search route it displays all the matched/searched locations BUT the locations are array based i want to paginate through it which i did but now the problem arises in the view. In the view i used {!! $father->render() !!} which renders the pagination but when i try to go to the 2nd it doesn't work.

Controller Code:

{
    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()));
    }
    /**
     * When user submit the search form it will return all the locations.
     *
     * @return locations collection
     */
    public function postSearch(Request $request)
    {
    
        $categoryid = $request->category_id;
        $locationid = $request->location_id;
        $validator = \Validator::make($request->all(), [
            'category_id' => 'required',
            'location_id' => 'required',
        
        ],
        [
            'category_id.required'  => 'Select Category',
            'location_id.required'  => 'Select Location',
            
        ]);

        if($validator->fails()) {
            return back()->withInput()->withErrors($validator->errors());
        }else{ 
            $category = Category::where('id', $categoryid)->first();
            if(!$category->locations->isEmpty()) {
                $cities = Location::where('id', $locationid)->pluck('city');
                $cityname = $cities[0];

                $alllocations = [];
                $ratecards = [];

                $father = [];

                $i = 0;
                $filteredlocations = $category->locations->where('city', $cityname)->all();
                foreach($filteredlocations as $location){

                    $alllocations[$i] = $location->getaddetails;
                    $ratecards[$i] = $location->ratecard;
                    $father[$i]['ad'] = $alllocations[$i];
                    $father[$i]['rate'] = $ratecards[$i];
                    $i++;
                }
                
                $perPage = 4;
                
                $father = AdSearchController::paginate($father, $perPage);

                $nothing = 1;
                return view('ads', compact('father','nothing'));
            }else {
                //flag
                $nothing = 0;
                return view('ads', compact('nothing'));
            }
            
        }
        

    }
} ```