laravel pagination Method links does not exist

Question

I am building a dynamic query using eloquent based on user inputs.

$query = \App\Model::query();
if($this == request('that')){
    $query->where(...); // building dynamic query based on user inputs
}

and finally user can type number of records shown per page in an html input field named count or checking a checkbox input type named all and following code completes dynamic query in back-end:

if (request('all')) {
    $result = $query->get();
}else {
    $result = $query->paginate(request('count'));
}

Also in front-end I have following code to show pagination links:

{{$result->links()}}

The problem is when user chooses to show all records we face following error:

Method links does not exist.

links method is not callable when we retrieve objects via get() method. What is the best practice in order not to face this error?

yrv16 yrv16 · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-05T11:38:47

It's because ->get() method return collection instead of paginator model Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator. So I can recomment you send some addition variable from your controller which indicate if you need execute $result->links().
Controller:

return view('yourView', [showPagination => is_null(request('all'))]);

View:

@if($showPagination)
   {{$result->links()}}
@endif

laravel pagination Method links does not exist

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