How to use pagination in laravel 5?

In Laravel 5 there is no method "links" you can try this

{!! $pages->render() !!}

Pagination Laravel 5.6.26, for the pagination the controller are :

Controller code (https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/pagination#basic-usage)

    posts = Post::orderBy('created_at','desc')->paginate(10);
    return view('posts.index')->with('posts', $posts);

Front end into blade (view) (https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/pagination#displaying-pagination-results)

   {{ $users->links() }}

In other frameworks, pagination can be very painful. Laravel 5 makes it a breeze. For using it, first you have to make a change in your controller code where you calling data from the database:

 public function index()
{       
        $users = DB::table('books')->simplePaginate(5);
        //using pagination method
        return view('index', ['users' => $users]);
}

...after that you can use this code:

<?php echo $users->render(); ?>

That will make you use simple Laravel 5 beauty.