How to return data with the paginator

[joshhornby]

I am struggling to work out how you would return data when using the paginator.

For example I am doing this

$data = $this->some_repo->callPaginator();
$foo = $data->getCollection();

$resource = new Collection($foo, new FooTransformer);
$resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($data));

If I was to try and $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($data)); I get the following error:

The Response content must be a string or object implementing __toString(), "object" given.

So what is the correct way to return data from a paginator?

Thanks

[philsturgeon]

This was taken care of over email.

[fishactual]

Hi Phil, for everyone else (myself included) what is the correct way to do this?

[philsturgeon]

I just shove this into an abstract repository that the others extend:

/**
 * Retrieve all entities
 *
 * @param array $with
 *
 * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection
 */
public function getAll(array $with = array())
{
    return $this->make($with)->get();
}

/**
 * Retrieve paginated entities
 *
 * @param array $with
 *
 * @return \Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator
 */
public function getPaginated(array $with = array())
{
    return $this->make($with)->paginate();
}