Introduction to Pagination Capability in Laravel 11
In Laravel, pagination, or page navigation, helps to display data in an organized and page-by-page manner. Generally, when we have a lot of information, displaying everything on a single page can overwhelm users. For this reason, pagination is crucial. In Laravel version 11, in addition to the usual methods for pagination, a newer record named CursorPaginator has also been introduced, which we will discuss in this article.
CursorPaginator is specifically designed for pages that we want to display a large collection of data quickly and efficiently. In this manner, instead of using offset and limit for pagination, we use a reference point named "cursor". This method helps us better manage large datasets and provides easy access to the next pages.
Using CursorPaginator in Laravel is very simple and fast. You only need to write a few lines of code and using Laravel’s built-in capabilities, you can paginate the data quickly. For this reason, this capability is one of the best options for all projects requiring the display of large amounts of data.
To use CursorPaginator, you must first fetch the data from the database and then use this class to paginate them. In this article, some practical examples are provided so you can easily implement this capability in your projects.
How to use CursorPaginator in Laravel 11
use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Pagination\CursorPaginator;
$posts = Post::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->cursorPaginate(10);
return view('posts.index', compact('posts'));
Explanation of the code:
use App\Models\Post;This line imports the model "Post" into the current file so you can use it.
use Illuminate\Pagination\CursorPaginator;Here we also import the CursorPaginator class so we can use it for pagination capabilities.
$posts = Post::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->cursorPaginate(10);This line fetches the data from the database, orders them by creation date (created_at) in descending order and then enables pagination for the first ten records.
return view('posts.index', compact('posts'));Finally, we pass the result to the view "posts.index" so you can display them.