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Use a property to sort Eloquent models.

This is a zero-config package that provides a trait to handle positioning/sorting capabilities for Eloquent models.

Compatibility

PHP >= 8.0 and Laravel >= 8.0.

Installation

This package can be installed through composer.

Don't worry about service providers. This package doesn't expose service providers.

composer require thytanium/eloquent-positionable

Usage

• Add the trait Thytanium\EloquentPositionable\Positionable to your model.
• Optionally, specify the column name.
  • If no column name is provided, the column position will be used for positioning models.

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Thytanium\EloquentPositionable\Positionable;

class MyModel extends Model
{
    use Positionable;

    // optional parameters
    protected $positionable = [
        'column' => 'column_name', // column used for positioning
        'start' => 5, // starting position
    ];
}

Creating a new model will automatically assign the next available position.

$myModel = new MyModel();
$myModel->save();

$myModel->getPosition(); // by default will return 1, or the custom starting position

API

Sorting

moveTo(int $position)

Moves the model to the indicated position.

$model->moveTo(5); // moves model to position 5

moveToStart()

Moves the model to the start.

$model->moveToStart();

moveToEnd()

Moves the model to the end.

$model->moveToEnd();

moveUp(?int $places = 1)

Moves the model the indicated amount of places up. Default 1.

$model->moveUp(); // moves the model 1 place up
$model->moveUp(5); // moves the model 5 places up

moveDown(?int $places = 1)

Moves the model the indicated amount of places down. Default 1.

$model->moveDown(); // moves the model 1 place down
$model->moveDown(5); // moves the model 5 places down

moveStep(int $step)

Moves the model by position change (step). A positive values moves the model up. A negative value moves the model down.

$model->moveStep(-1); // moves the model 1 place up
$model->moveStep(1); // moves the model 1 place down

setNewOrder(array $ids, int $startPosition = 1, ?string $primaryKeyColumn = null)

Sets a new order for the specified ids.

Model::setNewOrder([1, 2, 3]); // sets sequencial order on models with ids 1, 2 and 3 starting from position 1
Model::setNewOrder([1, 2, 3], 5); // sets sequencial order on models with ids 1, 2 and 3 starting from position 5

Querying

ordered($order = 'asc'): \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder

Query scope to sort models by their position, i.e get the sorted list.

MyModel::ordered()->get(); // get all models in ascending order
MyModel::ordered('desc')->get(); // get all models in descending order

position(int $position): \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder

Query scope to search models with position equal to $position.

MyModel::position(1)->first(); // get the model at the start

positionBetween(array $between): \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder

Query scope to search models with position between 2 values.

MyModel::positionBetween([1, 9])->get(); // get models between positions 1 and 9
MyModel::positionBetween([1, 9])->ordered()->get(); // get models in ordered fashion between positions 1 and 9

Swaping

swapPositions(\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|int $target)

Swap positions with another model or position.

$model1->swapPositions($model2); // swap position with another model instance
$model1->swapPositions(2); // swap position with whichever model holds position 2

Groups

In the case your model has grouping fields, like user_id, it can be taken care of by indicating the grouping column names:

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Thytanium\EloquentPositionable\Positionable;

class MyModel extends Model
{
    use Positionable;

    // optional parameters
    protected $positionable = [
        'column' => 'column_name', // column used for positioning
        'start' => 5, // starting position
        'groups' = ['user_id'], // columns for grouping
    ];
}

Example

Caveats

Although this trait makes sure the same position is not used by more than one model, do not add a UNIQUE index to the position column. This will be overcome in future releases.

Tests

The package contains unit/integration tests set up with PHPUnit.

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG.md for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Alternatives

• spatie/eloquent-sortable

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.