how to redirect back to the last page (when using pagination)?

@jlrdw my order is ASC and the last post is on the last page.

If you do not have a solution for the last page, tell me how to return back to page 1?

@nekooee You would need to re-calc the numper of pages to return to last page, the paginator has certain methods to use:

https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/pagination#paginator-instance-methods

I sometimes use the following to goto the page I was on:

https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/query-not-showing-results-after-returning-back-to-the-view

Page 1 is easy:

site.com?your_query_string&page=1

@jlrdw thank you

With your guidance, I wrote the code like this and it works fine:

        return redirect()->route('front.thread.show', [$thread->channel->slug, $thread->slug, 'page' => $thread->posts()->paginate(10)->lastPage()])->with(['flashMessage' => $message, 'flashSubject' => $subject]);

@nekooee Why are your threads in chronological order? Surely you want threads in reverse chronological order so that the most recent thread at the top of the first page, and not the last item on page 452 or whatever.

@martinbean I was thinking same, to use desc. But there are cases where you goto last, like a ledger entry in accounting.

@martinbean In many forums, including the laracasts Forum, the latest posts are on the last pages.

@nekooee No, they’re not. The most recently-replied to thread is at the top of the first page.

@nekooee Are you referring to replies or post?

• New post is page one.
• latest reply is last page of that post but replies are child records.

Example: https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/general-discussion/where-are-you-all-from

If you reply, that post will be on page one, but your reply will be last page of that post.

@martinbean What I see now are posts in ASC order. And the replies to each post are also in ASC order below itself.

@jlrdw I do not have replies in my forum. There are threads and posts. The title and body of the thread are always seen at the top of all pages. And the posts are in the order below. The same is true for vBulletin forums. But the user can change the order and personalize.