Call filter at default

[karneaud]

Is there a way to trigger the filter other than from request parameters?

[Kyslik]

This answers the question you asked:

Is there a way to trigger the filter other than from request parameters?

I think you should be able to do following:

// get filter instance somehow // resolve or just inject it
$filter->setBuilder(Model::query())->recent(); // returns Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder

Example from tinker:

resolve(App\Filters\UserFilter::class)->setBuilder(App\User::query())->state('new')->toSql();
"select * from `users` where exists (select * from `states` where `users`.`state_id` = `states`.`id` and `slug` = ?)"

Where filter looks like:

...
function filterMap(): array
{
    return ['state' => ['status', 'state']];
}


function state($type = null)
{
    if (is_null($type)) {
        // show all
        return $this->builder;
    }

    return $this->builder->whereHas('state', function (Builder $query) use ($type) {
        $query->where('slug', $type);
    });
}

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After reading title of the issue, I think you want to have some kind of default filter thats applied when no request data is present (configurable), is that correct?

If above examples does not solve what you want, explain the use case?
Something like I would like to be able to use following code which should do XYZ.

[karneaud]

Yeah ...wanting to have a default setting when no request data is present. Will try this out. thanks!

[Kyslik]

@karneaud I wonder what would be better, setting the default in the filter class itself or in the controller.

I can imagine that this would look nice:

// in the controller
return $user->filter($filters, ['recent' => 'some parameter for the recent'])->paginate();

[karneaud]

@Kyslik OMG... I was just looking at it and trying something out lol! I like this!

[karneaud]

@Kyslik is it that would need to pass parameters to applyFilters method?

[Kyslik]

@karneaud if I code this (not sure when, maybe in the end of the week / during the week) all you will have to do is

return $user->filter($filters, ['recent' => 'some parameter for the recent'])->paginate();

I do not follow your second question

is it that would need to pass parameters to applyfilter() method?

[karneaud]

@Kyslik

When calling the proposed method ->filter($filters, [....]) for scoped Method I'm using 1.0.2 with php 7

function scopeFilter(Builder, $filters, $defaults) 
{
    $this->apply($builder, $default);
}

public function apply(Builder $builder, $defaults = [])
{
    return $this->setBuilder($builder)->applyFilters($defaults)->getBuilder();
}

protected function applyFilters($defaults = [])
{
    $this->builderPresent();

    foreach (array_merge($this->filters(), $defaults) as $filter => $value) {
        if (method_exists($this, $filter)) {
            $this->builder = (is_null($value)) ? $this->$filter() : $this->$filter($value);
            ....

[Kyslik]

I am not sure how this will be implemented yet, maybe I will introduce new property $defaults so programmer may choose between setting the default per filter or in the controller, I will see.

[phylaxis]

Curious, did this get implemented because I need this exact same feature.