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config/column-multi-filter.php

@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@ return [
     'log_channel' => 'default',
 
 
+    // Types
+    // Search
+
+
+
 ];

config/types.md

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Regex tmpl
+
+([\w_-]*)\[([\w]*)\]=([\w_-]*)
+
+
+
+# Search #
+
+The search filter supports exact, partial, start, end, and word_start matching strategies:
+
+partial strategy uses LIKE %text% to search for fields that contain text.
+start strategy uses LIKE text% to search for fields that start with text.
+end strategy uses LIKE %text to search for fields that end with text.
+word_start strategy uses LIKE text% OR LIKE % text% to search for fields that contain words starting with text.
+
+Syntax: ?property[]=foo&property[]=bar
+
+optional brackets!
+
+([\w_-]*)(\[(i?exact|i?partial|i?start|i?end|i?word_start)?\])?=([\w_\-\d]*) /gm
+
+
+# Date Filter #
+
+The date filter allows to filter a collection by date intervals.
+
+Syntax: ?property[<after|before|strictly_after|strictly_before>]=value
+
+The value can take any date format supported by the \DateTime constructor.
+
+The after and before filters will filter including the value whereas strictly_after and strictly_before will
+filter excluding the value.
+
+
+# Boolean Fitler #
+The boolean filter allows you to search on boolean fields and values.
+
+Syntax: ?property=<true|false|1|0>
+
+# Numeric Filter #
+
+The numeric filter allows you to search on numeric fields and values.
+
+Syntax: ?property=<int|bigint|decimal...>
+
+# Range Filter #
+
+The range filter allows you to filter by a value lower than, greater than, lower than or equal, greater than or equal and between two values.
+
+Syntax: ?property[<lt|gt|lte|gte|between>]=value
+
+# Exists Filter
+The exists filter allows you to select items based on a nullable field value. It will also check the emptiness of a collection association.
+
+Syntax: ?exists[property]=<true|false|1|0>
+
+

src/ColumnMultiFilter.php

@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ trait ColumnMultiFilter
     public function scopeMultiFilter(Builder $query): Builder
     {
 
+//Log::debug("Request: " . print_r(request()->all(), true));
         if (request()->has('filter')) {
 
             $filters = request()->get('filter');
 
-            $this->log('Filter found: ' . print_r($filters, true));
+            $this->log('Filter found: '.print_r($filters, true));
 
             return $this->filterQueryBuilder($query, $filters);
 
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ trait ColumnMultiFilter
             }
 
         } else {
-            Log::debug('where ..'.print_r([$column, $operator, $value, $logic], true));
+
             $query = $this->addWhereIfValid($query, $column, $operator, $value, $logic);
 
         }
@@ -177,11 +178,10 @@ trait ColumnMultiFilter
     private function addWhereIfValid(Builder $query, string $column, string $operator, string $value, string $logic)
     {
 
-        if (trim($operator) === 'like' && trim($value) === '') {
+        if (trim($value) === '') {
             return $query;
         }
 
-        Log::debug('add where now');
         $query->where($column, $operator, $value, $logic);
 
         return $query;