can not use pagination() for an array object in laravel - arrays

Question

I am constructing an array in Laravel 5.7. I would like to paginate it, but it errors because of array feature. what shall I do?
In MyController.php:
$result = array();
foreach ($sameDateMatches as $key => $date) {
array_push($result, [
'date' => $key,
'day_of_week' => getDayOfWeek($key),
'matches' => $date,
]);
}
if (!empty($_GET['page'])) {
$result = $result->paginate(10);
$pagination = $result;
} else {
$result = $result;
$pagination = null;
}
return returnSuccessfulResponse(
trans('api.response.successful.show'),
[
'Scheduled Matches' => $result,
],
$pagination
);
Call to a member function paginate() on array

Answer 1

You can only use paginate on an instance of QueryBuilder or on an Eloquent query.
Instead, if you need to 'paginate' an array, you can use PHP array_chunk.
array_chunk($result, 10, true);

Answer 2

I solved my problems using make() and LengthAwarePaginator as below:
if (!empty($_GET['page'])) {
$per_page = !empty($_GET['per_page']) ? $_GET['per_page'] : 10;
$page = $_GET['page'];
$result = $result instanceof Collection ? $result : Collection::make($result);
$result = new LengthAwarePaginator(
$result->forPage($page, $per_page)->values(),
$result->count(),
$per_page,
$page,
['path' => request()->url()]
);
$pagination = $result;
} else {
$pagination = null;
}