# Collections
# TableDataCollection
This package provides a custom collection, TableDataCollection
, which exists to make working with data in table formats easier. It inherits PaginateCollectionTrait
, SearchCollectionTrait
and SortCollectionTrait
. More info about those traits can be found in the 'Collection Traits' section of this documentation.
<?php
$items = [
// This can be just an array of data, or an eloquent query or anything
// else which can be wrapped in Laravel's `collect()` method
];
$collection = (new TableDataCollection($items))
->searchData($request, ['name', 'description'])
->sortTable($request)
->paginate();