snipe-it/app/Http/Transformers/DatatablesTransformer.php

<?php
namespace App\Http\Transformers;

class DatatablesTransformer
{

    public function transformDatatables($objects, $total = null)
    {
        (isset($total)) ? $objects_array['total'] = $total : $objects_array['total'] = count($objects);
        $objects_array['rows'] = $objects;
        return $objects_array;
    }
}