Helper function for paginating with PHP7 and native Doctrine class

php7_doctrine_native_pagination.php

<?php

use Doctrine\ORM\Query;
use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Pagination\Paginator;

// ------------------- //

public function paginate(Query $query, int $page = 1, int $limit = 10, bool $fetchJoinCollection = true)
{
    // If we don't have a limit just return the result
    if ($page === 1 && $limit === 0) {
        return $query->getResult();
    }

    $paginator = new Paginator(
        $query->setFirstResult(($page * $limit) - $limit) // Offset
                ->setMaxResults($limit), // Limit
        $fetchJoinCollection
    );

    // Num results
    $count = $paginator->count();

    return [
        'result' => $paginator->getIterator()->getArrayCopy(),// `getArrayCopy()` for to be passed to `array_map()` directly
        'meta' => [
            'total' => (int)$count,
            'page' => (int)$page,
            'pages' => (int)ceil($count / $limit)
        ]
    ];
}