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Sort laravel model view list by database column or field wise

Installation

To use this package in your project, please use Composer to add the package to your laravel applications

composer require samrat131/column-sortable

Edit config/app.php file and add following lines (only for laravel version below 5.5)

'providers' => [
	...
	Samrat131\ColumnSortable\ColumnSortableServiceProvider::class,
]

Usage

Model

Edit any laravel model .php file, add SortableTrait shipped with this package, add protected $columnToSort variable and list database field/cloumn that needs to be sortable.

<?php

namespace App;

use Samrat131\ColumnSortable\SortableTrait;

class User extends Model
{
    use SortableTrait;

    protected $columnToSort = [
        'id',
        'name',
        'email',
        'created_at'
    ];

Controller

Use the sortable() method with the model like this User::sortable()->get() or User::sortable()->paginate(15)

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class HomeController extends Controller
{

    public function index()
    {
        $users = User::sortable()->get();
        return view('users.index', compact('users'));
    }
}

You can set default sortable param like this User::sortable(['created_at', 'desc'])->get()

View

In the view blade.php file, @sortable_column('id', 'ID') add this view method (blade directive) with db column/field name. 1st param (required) is for database field name, 2nd param (optional) is for frontend display.

<tr>
    <td>@sortable_link('id', 'ID')</td>
    <td>@sortable_link('name', 'Name')</td>
    <td>@sortable_link('email', 'Email')</td>
    <td>@sortable_link('created_at', 'Created')</td>
</tr>

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