Pagination with filter helper

You are trying to paginate a collection right?

https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/eloquent/paginate-eloquent-collection

I know how to paginate the collection but filter doesn't work with paginate(20) it needs get() before filter or pagination links wont work.

Thx

Got it! I built a custom paginator helper for my collection [not array] like this:

function custom_paginate($items, $perPage)
{
    $pageStart           = request('page', 1);
    $offSet              = ($pageStart * $perPage) - $perPage;
    $itemsForCurrentPage = $items->slice($offSet, $perPage);

    return new Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator(
        $itemsForCurrentPage, $items->count(), $perPage,
        Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator::resolveCurrentPage(),
        ['path' => Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator::resolveCurrentPath()]
    );
}

Then I used this for my collection like this:

$matches = User::where('gender', auth()->user()->looking_gender)
   ->ageBetween(
        auth()->user()->looking_age_from,
        auth()->user()->looking_age_to
    )
   ->visible()
   ->confirmed()
   ->notBlocked()
   ->latest()
   ->get()
   ->filter(function ($user) {
       return matrix(
            $user->location, 
            auth()->user()->location, 
            auth()->user()->looking_distance
        );
   });

$matches = custom_paginate($matches, 20);