Laravel pagination not working with group by clause - laravel

Question

It seems Laravel pagination does not working properly with group by clause. For example:
$users = Subject::select(DB::raw('subjects.*, count(user_subjects.id) as total_users'))
->join('user_subjects', 'user_subjects.subject_id', '=', 'subjects.id')
->whereNull('user_subjects.deleted_at')
->groupBy('subjects.id')
->orderBy('subjects.updated_at', 'desc')
->paginate(25);
Produced
select subjects.*, count(user_subjects.id) as total_users
from `subjects` inner join `user_subjects` on `user_subjects`.`subject_id` = `subjects`.`id`
where `subjects`.`deleted_at` is null and `user_subjects`.`deleted_at` is null
group by `subjects`.`id`
order by `subjects`.`updated_at` desc
note that, there is no limit clause on the query.
Working fine if no group by clause in the query:
$users = Subject::select(DB::raw('subjects.*, count(user_subjects.id) as total_users'))
->join('user_subjects', 'user_subjects.subject_id', '=', 'subjects.id')
->whereNull('user_subjects.deleted_at')
->orderBy('subjects.updated_at', 'desc')
->paginate(25);
produced the following query:
select subjects.*, count(user_subjects.id) as total_users from `subjects`
inner join `user_subjects` on `user_subjects`.`subject_id` = `subjects`.`id`
where `subjects`.`deleted_at` is null and `user_subjects`.`deleted_at` is null
order by `subjects`.`updated_at` desc
limit 25 offset 0
does anyone has any idea how can i fix this?

Answer 1

Check the documentation
https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/pagination
Currently, pagination operations that use a groupBy statement cannot
be executed efficiently by Laravel. If you need to use a groupBy with
a paginated result set, it is recommended that you query the database
and create a paginator manually.

Answer 2

I know it is an old question, by I am sharing my solution for future reference.
I managed to write a function based on this link which does the heavy job of determining the pagination of a complex query. Just pass the 'QueryBuilder' and it will return the paginated object/collection.
Additionally, this procedure can track and maintain the other parameters except for page=.
public function mergeQueryPaginate(\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder $query): \Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator
{
$raw_query = $query;
$totalCount = $raw_query->get()->count();
$perPage = request('per-page', 10);
$page = request('page', 1);
$skip = $perPage * ($page - 1);
$raw_query = $raw_query->take($perPage)->skip($skip);
$parameters = request()->getQueryString();
$parameters = preg_replace('/&page(=[^&]*)?|^page(=[^&]*)?&?/', '', $parameters);
$path = url(request()->getPathInfo() . '?' . $parameters);
$rows = $raw_query->get();
$paginator = new LengthAwarePaginator($rows, $totalCount, $perPage, $page);
$paginator = $paginator->withPath($path);
return $paginator;
}

Answer 3

This works for me in laravel 5.2
Select(\DB::RAW("assignment_descendant_child.assignment_descendant_child_id, assignment_descendant_child.assignment_descendant_child_name, COUNT(assignment_descendant.assignment_descendant_id) as xNum"))
->leftJoin(
'assignment_descendant',
'assignment_descendant.assignment_descendant_child_id',
'=',
'assignment_descendant_child.assignment_descendant_child_id'
)
->orderBy('assignment_descendant_child_name')
->groupBy('assignment_descendant_child.assignment_descendant_child_id')
->paginate(\Config::get('constants.paginate_org_index'))

Answer 4

create a database view namedvw_anything. MySql query will be like
create view vw_anything as select subjects.*, count(user_subjects.id) as total_users from subjects inner join user_subjects on user_subjects.subject_id = subjects.id
where subjects.deleted_at is null and user_subjects.deleted_at is null group by subjects.id;
Now create a new model named UserSubModel for this view, protected $table = 'vw_anything';
Now your paginate query will be like UserSubModel::orderBy('subjects.updated_at', 'desc')->paginate(25);
.
To answer this questioin Laravel Pagination group by year and month only
View query will be :
create view vw_anything as select gallery.*, DATE_FORMAT(created_at, "%Y-%m") as tanggal,count(created_at) as jumlah from gallery group by tanggal;
Let you model is VwModel then your paginate query will be
VwModel::where('type','Foto')->orderBy('tanggal','desc')->paginate(2);

Answer 5

This works if you want to group by and paginate.
$code = DB::table('sources')
->select(DB::raw('sources.id_code,sources.title,avg(point) point'))
->join('rating','sources.id_code','rating.id_code')
->groupBy('sources.id_code')
->groupBy('sources.title')
->groupBy('sources.language')
->groupBy('sources.visited')
->paginate(5);