Method Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection::links does not exist - laravel

Question

I created a model relationship between User and Message. I want to implement a list of messages for the authenticated user but I get the following error.
Method Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection::links does not exist
Controller
public function index()
{
$user_id = auth()->user()->id;
$user = User::find($user_id);
return view('message.index')->with('messages', $user->message);
}
Message provider
class message extends Model
{
public function user() {
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
}
User provider
public function message ()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Message');
}
index.blade.php
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('content')
<h1>messages</h1>
#if(count($messages)>0)
#foreach ($messages as $message)
<div class="well">
<h3>{{$message->user}}</h3>
<small>Written on {{$message->created_at}} </small>
</div>
#endforeach
{{$messages->links()}}
#else
<p> no post found </p>
#endif
#endsection
Error
"Method Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection::links does not exist.(View: C:\xampp\htdocs\basicwebsite\resources\views\message\index.blade.php)"

Answer 1

Check your view blade, that method (links()) only could be used when your data model is implementing paginate() method.
If you dont use paginate(), remove this part:
{{$messages->links() }}

Answer 2

If you are trying to paginate your data when it gets to the view then you need to add the paginate in your controller before passing the data to the view. Example
return $users = Users::select('id','name')->paginate(10);
with that paginate method in your controller, you can call the links method to paginate your object in view as shown below
{{$users->links()}}
hope it helps you

Answer 3

There are 2 ways to resolve this issue:
Either use paginate function while searching data from database:
$users = DB::table('users')->where('id',$user_id)->paginate(1);
Remove links() function from index.blade.php
{{ $messages->links() }}

Answer 4

Remove {{ $messages->links() }} to in your index.blade.php because {{ $messages->links() }} is supported only when you use paginate

Answer 5

You can do something like this in your controller file.
public function index()
{
$messages = Message::all()->paginate(5);
$user_id = auth()->user()->id;
$user = User::find($user_id);
return view('message.index')->with('messages', $messages, $user->message);
}