Elasticsearch with pagination in Laravel 5

The implement Elasticsearch with pagination in a Laravel 5 application, you can follow these steps:

Step 1: Install Elasticsearch

Ensure that you have Elasticsearch installed and running on your server. You can download and install Elasticsearch from the official website: https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch

Step 2: Install Elasticsearch Client for Laravel

Laravel provides a package called “Scout” to integrate with Elasticsearch. You can install it using Composer:

composer require laravel/scout

Step 3: Configure Elasticsearch in Laravel

Open your Laravel application’s .env file and add the Elasticsearch connection details:

SCOUT_DRIVER=elasticsearch
ELASTICSEARCH_HOST=http://localhost:9200

You can adjust the host and port according to your Elasticsearch setup.

Step 4: Create an Elasticsearch Index for Your Model

You need to create an Elasticsearch index for the model you want to search. Use the scout:import Artisan command to do this:

php artisan scout:import "App\Models\YourModel"

Step 5: Implement Pagination

You can use Laravel’s built-in pagination features in combination with Elasticsearch. Here’s an example of how to do this in a controller:

use App\Models\YourModel;

public function search(Request $request)
{
    $query = $request->input('q');
    $perPage = 10; // Adjust the number of items per page as needed

    $results = YourModel::search($query)->paginate($perPage);

    return view('search_results', compact('results'));
}

In this example, replace YourModel with the model you want to search and search_results with the name of your Blade view for displaying the search results.

Step 6: Display Pagination in Your Blade View

In your Blade view (search_results.blade.php in this case), you can display the pagination links like this:

<div class="pagination">
    {{ $results->links() }}
</div>

This code will render pagination links at the bottom of your search results.

That’s it! You’ve implemented Elasticsearch with pagination in your Laravel 5 application. You can adjust the search logic and pagination settings according to your project’s requirements.