When you want to map paginated data and return only a subset of the fields, use through
rather than map
. The map
breaks the pagination object and changes it's identity. While, through
works on the paginated data itself
// Don't: Mapping paginated data$employees = Employee::paginate(10)->map(fn ($employee) => [ 'id' => $employee->id, 'name' => $employee->name]) // Do: Mapping paginated data$employees = Employee::paginate(10)->through(fn ($employee) => [ 'id' => $employee->id, 'name' => $employee->name])
Tip given by @bhaidar