Laravel Nova

# Defining Filters

Nova filters allow you to scope your Nova index queries with custom conditions. For example, you may wish to define a filter to quickly view "Admin" users within your application:

Filters

# Select Filters

The most common type of Nova filter is the "select" filter, which allows the user to select a filter option from a drop-down selection menu. You may generate a select filter using the nova:filter Artisan command. By default, Nova will place newly generated filters in the app/Nova/Filters directory:

php artisan nova:filter UserType

Each select filter generated by Nova contains two methods: apply and options. The apply method is responsible for modifying the query to achieve the desired filter state, while the options method defines the "values" the filter may have. Let's take a look at an example UserType filter:

<?php

namespace App\Nova\Filters;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Laravel\Nova\Filters\Filter;

class UserType extends Filter
{
    /**
     * Apply the filter to the given query.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder  $query
     * @param  mixed  $value
     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder
     */
    public function apply(Request $request, $query, $value)
    {
        return $query->where('type', $value);
    }

    /**
     * Get the filter's available options.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return array
     */
    public function options(Request $request)
    {
        return [
            'Administrator' => 'admin',
            'Editor' => 'editor',
        ];
    }
}

The options method should return an array of keys and values. The array's keys will be used as the "human-friendly" text that will be displayed in the Nova UI. The array's values will be passed into the apply method as the $value argument. This filter defines two possible values: admin and editor.

As you can see in the example above, you may leverage the incoming $value to modify your query. The apply method should return the modified query instance.

# Boolean Filters

Nova also supports "boolean" filters, which allows the user to select multiple filter option using a list of check-boxes.

Boolean Filter

You may generate a boolean filter using the nova:filter --boolean Artisan command. By default, Nova will place newly generated filters in the app/Nova/Filters directory:

php artisan nova:filter UserType --boolean

Each boolean filter generated by Nova contains two methods: apply and options. The apply method is responsible for modifying the query to achieve the desired filter state, while the options method defines the "values" the filter may have.

When building boolean filters, the $value argument passed to the apply method is an associative array containing the boolean value of each of your filter's options.

Let's take a look at an example UserType filter:

<?php

namespace App\Nova\Filters;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Laravel\Nova\Filters\BooleanFilter;

class UserType extends BooleanFilter
{
    /**
     * Apply the filter to the given query.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder  $query
     * @param  mixed  $value
     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder
     */
    public function apply(Request $request, $query, $value)
    {
        // dump($value);
        // ['admin' => true/false, 'editor' => true/false]

        return $query->where('is_admin', $value['admin'])
                     ->where('is_editor', $value['editor']);
    }

    /**
     * Get the filter's available options.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return array
     */
    public function options(Request $request)
    {
        return [
            'Administrator' => 'admin',
            'Editor' => 'editor',
        ];
    }
}

The options method should return an array of keys and values. The array's keys will be used as the "human-friendly" text that will be displayed in the Nova UI. The array's values will be passed into the apply method as the $value argument. This filter defines two possible values: admin and editor.

As you can see in the example above, you may leverage the incoming $value to modify your query. The apply method should return the modified query instance.

# Date Filters

Nova also supports "date" filters, which allows the user to select the filter's value via a date selection calendar.

Date Filter

You may generate a date filter using the nova:filter --date Artisan command. By default, Nova will place newly generated filters in the app/Nova/Filters directory:

php artisan nova:filter BirthdayFilter --date

Each date filter generated by Nova contains one method: apply. The apply method is responsible for modifying the query to achieve the desired filter state.

When building date filters, the $value argument passed to the apply method is the string representation of the selected date.

Let's take a look at an example BirthdayFilter filter:

<?php

namespace App\Nova\Filters;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
use Laravel\Nova\Filters\DateFilter;

class BirthdayFilter extends DateFilter
{
    /**
     * Apply the filter to the given query.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder  $query
     * @param  mixed  $value
     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder
     */
    public function apply(Request $request, $query, $value)
    {
        return $query->where('birthday', '<=', Carbon::parse($value));
    }
}

As you can see in the example above, you may leverage the incoming $value to modify your query. The apply method should return the modified query instance.

# Filter Titles

If you would like to change the filter title that is displayed in Nova's filter selection menu, you may define a name property on the filter class:

/**
 * The displayable name of the filter.
 *
 * @var string
 */
public $name = 'Filter Title';

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