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Adds symmetric "one column, multiple patterns" LIKE filtering to Laravel's query builder, complementing the built-in whereAny / whereAll (which handle "multiple columns, one pattern").

Install

composer require bipinkareparambil/laravel-where-like-any

The service provider auto-registers. The new methods are available on Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder and, by extension, Eloquent builders.

Methods

Plus or variants: orWhereLikeAny, orWhereNotLikeAny, orWhereLikeAll, orWhereNotLikeAll.

All methods accept a $caseSensitive flag. Under the hood each call delegates to whereLike, so MySQL like binary, Postgres ilike, and SQLite glob all work automatically — no grammar changes.

Usage

// Match any pattern
User::whereLikeAny('name', ['%john%', '%jane%'])->get();

// Match all patterns
User::whereLikeAll('bio', ['%laravel%', '%php%'])->get();

// Exclude any pattern
User::whereNotLikeAny('email', ['%spam%', '%temp%'])->get();

// Case-sensitive on MySQL
User::whereLikeAny('name', ['%John%'], caseSensitive: true)->get();

Negation semantics (De Morgan's)

• whereNotLikeAny negates "match any" → flips OR to AND.
• whereNotLikeAll negates "match all" → flips AND to OR.

Tests

composer install
vendor/bin/phpunit

Why a package?

Originally proposed to Laravel core in laravel/framework#59725. Released as a package per maintainer preference to keep the core surface area small.

License

MIT