Laravel Search Package

A Laravel package to provide advanced, modular search functionality using customizable search cases.

Installation

1. Install the package via Composer:

   composer require spekt08/laravel-search:dev-main
   

2. Publish the configuration file (if applicable):

   php artisan vendor:publish --provider="spekt08\Search\SearchServiceProvider" --tag=config
   

Usage

1. Initialize the Search Service

The SearchService requires a model to operate on. You can instantiate it as follows:

use spekt08\Search\SearchService;

$service = app(SearchService::class, [
    'model' => \App\Models\User::class
]);

2. Perform a Search

Call the search method with the desired query parameters. For example:

$queries = [
    'name' => 'John',     // Filter users by name
    'created_at' => '2025-01-01', // Filter by creation date
    'order' => 'asc',     // Sort in ascending order
];

$result = $service->search($queries);

This will return a paginated result set.

3. Use with a Resource

If you are using Laravel API Resources, you can pass the resource class as the second parameter of the search method:

use App\Http\Resources\UserResource;

$result = $service->search($queries, UserResource::class);

This will transform each result using the provided resource.

4. Custom Search Cases

The package includes three default search cases:

• AttributeCase: Filters based on model attributes.
• OrderCase: Sorts results by a given column (default is created_at).
• CallbackCase: Allows adding custom callbacks to modify the query.

You can add custom cases by implementing the SearchCaseInterface:

use spekt08\Search\Cases\SearchCaseInterface;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;

class CustomCase implements SearchCaseInterface
{
    public function searchQuery(Builder $query, array $params): Builder
    {
        if (isset($params['custom_filter'])) {
            $query->where('custom_column', $params['custom_filter']);
        }
        return $query;
    }
}

Add the custom case to the service:

$customCase = new CustomCase();
$service->add($customCase);

5. Configuration Options

If the package includes a config/search.php file, you can customize the default behavior, such as:

• Excluded columns (not_columns).
• Default date columns (date_columns).

Example

$service = app(SearchService::class, ['model' => \App\Models\Post::class]);

$queries = [
    'title' => 'Laravel',
    'author' => 'Taylor',
    'order' => 'desc',
    'callbacks' => [
        function ($query) {
            $query->where('status', 'published');
        },
    ],
];

$result = $service->search($queries, \App\Http\Resources\PostResource::class);

Contributing

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests for new features, bug fixes, or improvements.

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.