Limit Paginator in Laravel 4.2

limit_paginate_example.php

<?php
  // The current page you're looking at, defaults to the first page.
  $page = empty($inputs['page']) ? 1 : $inputs['page'];
  // Number of records to display per page.
  $per_page = 20;
  // Total number of records to use for generating pages. This is now dynamic, so for anyone interested in anything beyond page 10, it will dynamically show 9 more pages if you click on page 10, until the end of the table.
  $total = empty($inputs['quantidade']) ? 50 : $inputs['quantidade'];
  $total = ($total - $per_page) + ($page * $per_page);
  // Get the number of records per page, starting at the page number minus 1. Imagine you're looking at page 1, then it should skip 0 records.
  $contatos = $contatos->take($per_page)
                       ->skip(($page-1)*$per_page)
                       ->orderBy('contatos.created_at', 'ASC')
                       ->get();
  // Generate the pagination, passing in the results to be shown on the page, and use $total and $per_page to generate the pagination.
  $contatos = \Paginator::make($contatos, $total, $per_page);