baethon/eloquent-searchable-scope

An Eloquent scope for building a search query using LIKE statements, which also supports searching using relations.

$foundPosts = Post::query()
    ->search($search)
    ->get();

Installation

composer require baethon/eloquent-searchable-scope

Model configuration

Import Searchable trait and use it in model:

namespace App\Models;

use Baethon\Laravel\Scopes\Searchable;

class Post extends Model
{
    use Searchable;
}

Trait requires defining the getSearchableOptions() method:

namespace App\Models;

use Baethon\Laravel\Scopes\Searchable;
use Baethon\Laravel\Scopes\SearchableOptions;

class Post extends Model
{
    use Searchable;
    
    public function getSearchableOptions(): SearchableOptions
    {
        return SearchableOptions::defaults()
            ->fields(['topic', 'text', 'user.email'];
    }
}

Note: user.email refers to user relation. It has to be defined in the model.

Available Options

The SearchableOptions provides the ability to customize the search functionality in a few ways:

• breakToWords() - splits the search term into words and searches against each of them.
• minTermLength(int $minLength) - rejects any string/word that is shorter than the specified number of characters.
• fields(array $fields) - specifies the fields to be used in the search.

The SearchableOptions::defaults() is equivalent of:

(new SearchableOptions)->minTermLength(3);

Overloading search options

When using the search() scope, it is possible to define the searchable fields.

$foundPosts = Post::query()
    ->search($search, [
        'title',
    ])
    ->get();

or, pass custom options object:

$foundPosts = Post::query()
    ->search($search, SearchableOptions::defaults()->fields(['title'])
    ->get();

If passing a custom options object, ensure that the searchable fields are defined.

Nothing new here!

The idea for this scope has been previously discussed in various places, such as 🔗 here and 🔗 here. However, since it can be difficult to locate these resources every time one needs them, I have created a package that simplifies the installation process. It is important to note that this package does not introduce any novel concepts.

Testing

composer test