Laravel Macros

Add missing reusable functionality to Laravel through macros

Installation

I haven't published this package to packagist yet, because the number of macros currently available in this package is not worth it. Once the package contains enough macros to be really useful to large groups of developers I will publish it.

If you want to use it as it now, you can clone the repo and install it locally.

Usage

The list of available macros until now:

Collection paginate method

// method defination
function paginate($perPage, $total = null, $page = null, $pageName = 'page'): LengthAwarePaginator

$items = collect(range(1, 100));
$paginated = $items->paginate(10);

Collection searchFor method, which will performe a search for a search term, in the specified collection item attributes. It works with collections of objects, associated arrays, or indexed arrays

// method defination
function searchFor(string $searchTerm, array $attributes = []): Collection

$items = collect([
    new MyModel(['id' => 1, 'name' => 'Ali', 'job' => 'Doctor']),
    new MyModel(['id' => 2, 'name' => 'Nasser', 'job' => 'Musical']),
    new MyModel(['id' => 3, 'name' => 'Ahmed', 'job' => 'Photographer']),
    new MyModel(['id' => 4, 'name' => 'Mohamed', 'job' => 'Engineer']),
]);

$result = $items->searchFor('to', ['name', 'job']);

/*
result:
[
    new MyModel(['id' => 1, 'name' => 'Ali', 'job' => 'Doctor']),
    new MyModel(['id' => 3, 'name' => 'Ahmed', 'job' => 'Photographer']),
]
*/

// with indexed arrays the seconed argument is not required
$items = collect([
    'Doctor',
    'Musical',
    'Photographer',
    'Engineer',
]);

$result = $items->searchFor('to');

/*
result:
[
    'Doctor',
    'Photographer',
]
*/

Query & Eloquent builder getSql method, which will return the current sql query with its parameter values instead of '?'

// method defination
function getSql(): string

$result = MyModel::query()
    ->where('id', 1)
    ->orWhere('name', 'LIKE', '%Ali%')
    ->latest()
    ->getSql();

/*
result:
select * from `my_models` where `id` = '1' or `name` LIKE '%Ali%' order by `created_at` desc
*/

Query & Eloquent builder whereLike method, which will performe a where 'LIKE' condition on the list of columns you provide

// method defination
function whereLike(array $attributes, string $searchTerm): Builder

$result = MyModel::query()
    ->where('id', 1)
    ->whereLike(['name', 'email'], 'ali')
    ->getSql();

/*
result:
select * from `my_models` where `id` = '1' and (`name` LIKE '%ali%' or `email` LIKE '%ali%')
*/

Testing

composer test

Contribute

If you have any ideas for useful macros that you want to add to this package, feel free to open an issue, and I will try my best to add it, or you can open a pull request to add your macros.

Thanks

Credits

Mohamed Alghobary

License

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