Laravel pagination pretty URL

Question

Is there a way to get a pagination pretty URL in Laravel 4?

For example, by default:

http://example.com/something/?page=3

And what

Answer 1

Here's a hacky workaround. I am using Laravel v4.1.23. It assumes page number is the last bit of your url. Haven't tested it deeply so I'm interested in any bugs people can find. I'm even more interested in a better solution :-)

Route:

Route::get('/articles/page/{page_number?}', function($page_number=1){
    $per_page = 1;
    Articles::resolveConnection()->getPaginator()->setCurrentPage($page_number);
    $articles = Articles::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->paginate($per_page);
    return View::make('pages/articles')->with('articles', $articles);
});

View:

links();
    $patterns = array();
    $patterns[] = '/'.$articles->getCurrentPage().'\?page=/';
    $replacements = array();
    $replacements[] = '';
    echo preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $links);
?>

Model:

Migration:

increments('id');
            $table->string('slug');
            $table->string('title');
            $table->text('body');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

    public function down()
    {
        Schema::drop('articles');
    }
}