Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException::limitOffsetInvalid PHP Method

    public static function limitOffsetInvalid()
    {
        return new self("Invalid Offset in Limit Query, it has to be larger than or equal to 0.");
    }

 /**
  * Adds an adapter-specific LIMIT clause to the SELECT statement.
  * [ borrowed from Zend Framework ]
  *
  * @param string $query
  * @param mixed $limit
  * @param mixed $offset
  * @link http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-devel/2005-June/007339.html
  * @return string
  * @override
  */
 public function writeLimitClause($query, $limit = false, $offset = false)
 {
     if ($limit > 0) {
         $count = intval($limit);
         $offset = intval($offset);
         if ($offset < 0) {
             throw DBALException::limitOffsetInvalid($offset);
         }
         $orderby = stristr($query, 'ORDER BY');
         if ($orderby !== false) {
             $sort = stripos($orderby, 'desc') !== false ? 'desc' : 'asc';
             $order = str_ireplace('ORDER BY', '', $orderby);
             $order = trim(preg_replace('/ASC|DESC/i', '', $order));
         }
         $query = preg_replace('/^SELECT\\s/i', 'SELECT TOP ' . ($count + $offset) . ' ', $query);
         $query = 'SELECT * FROM (SELECT TOP ' . $count . ' * FROM (' . $query . ') AS inner_tbl';
         if ($orderby !== false) {
             $query .= ' ORDER BY ' . $order . ' ';
             $query .= stripos($sort, 'asc') !== false ? 'DESC' : 'ASC';
         }
         $query .= ') AS outer_tbl';
         if ($orderby !== false) {
             $query .= ' ORDER BY ' . $order . ' ' . $sort;
         }
         return $query;
     }
     return $query;
 }