mehdi-fathi/eloquent-filter

Custom filter method naming convention

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stephenr85 commented

I don't think filter naming conventions should be a 1:1 match. This has too much potential with collision/confusion with attributes or other methods.

I'd suggest they should follow the existing builder "scopeX" naming convention, or "filterX".

For example, a "keywords" filter should be one of these:

function scopeKeywords($builder, $value)
function filterKeywords($builder, $value)

For backward compatibility, the code could still look for an exact match method, but I think the package should transition away from this.

For more flexibility, a value of the "acceptRequest" array could specify which method to use. For example:

$query->acceptRequest([
       'keywords' => 'whereKeywords',
       'title',
       'created_at',
       'updated_at',
])->filter();

This would result in calling $model->whereKeywords() with the 'keywords' request input value, defined as Model::scopeWhereKeywords().

mehdi-fathi commented

@stephenr85

Yes, you are right. I'm striving to add a bunch of amazing features to this package. So I'll consider a meaningful naming convention for custom methods.

Thanks for this issue

stephenr85 commented