Add new column count in Laravel controller - sql

Question

I am trying to add a new column total_count that contains the count of all rows in sample for pagination.
Is there a way to select count(*) as total_count in $sample itself instead of $total_count = $sample->count()
$var1 = $request->xyz;
$var2 = $request->abc;
$take = $request->take;
$skip = $request->skip;
$sample = DB::table('table_name')
->where('column_name1', $var1)
->where('column_name2', $var2)
->offset($skip)->limit($take)
->get();
$total_count = $sample->count();
$encrypted = AESEncrypt($sample);
return json_encode($encrypted);
OR can I write something like this
$sample = DB::table('table_name')
->select('table_name.*', DB::raw('COUNT(column_name) as total_count'))
->where('column_name1', $var1)
->where('column_name2', $var2)
->offset($skip)->limit($take)
->get();

Answer 1

You directly call
->paginate(10)
at the end of your query like:
$sample = DB::table('table_name')
->where('column_name1', $var1)
->where('column_name2', $var2)
->paginate(10);
Laravel itself handles all count pages etc.
You can use below code for total count of your table. If you need special where case then you should it too.
ModelName::count();
Or you can use
DB::table('table_name')->count();
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