Laravel: how to handle count in query - laravel

Question

Currently I'm getting the list of table list in controller. And i got it successfully..But there is a problem, i return a list and a total.But when there is value package my count() is limited by skip - take .So I have to split it into 2 queries. Is there any way to combine those 2 queries into one to compact the code. Please give me your opinion. Thanks.
public function listData(Request $request)
{
$package = $request->package;
$userId = [1,3];
$list = List::whereIn('user_id', $userId)
->when(!empty($package), function ($query) use ($package) {
$query->where('idPackage', '=' . $package);
})->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC')->skip(0)->take(20)->get()->toArray();
$count = List::whereIn('user_id', $userId)
->when(!empty($package), function ($query) use ($package) {
$query->where('idPackage', '=' . $package);
})->count();
return response()->json([
'list' => $list,
'total' => $count
], 200);
}

Answer 1

This is so simple.. I think you should try this:
public function listData(Request $request)
{
$package = $request->package;
$userId = [1,3];
$list = List::whereIn('user_id', $userId)
->when(!empty($package), function ($query) use ($package) {
$query->where('idPackage', '=' . $package);
});
$count = $list->count();
$listData = $list->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC')->skip(0)->take(20)->get()->toArray();
return response()->json([
'list' => $listData,
'total' => $count
], 200);
}
good luck :))