Laravel advanced search query fix

Question

I have a search form with multiple input and select boxes I need help to get if conditions in my query in order to each part works separately and all at once.

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Answer 1

SOLVED

After weeks of playing with codes finally I came to the right results for myself (in my case it works this way for others maybe works with other suggested answers)

public function advancedsearch(Request $request) {
    $options = Option::all();
    $brands = Brand::all();
    $brandss = Input::has('brands') ? Input::get('brands') : [];
    $suboption = Input::has('suboptions') ? (int)Input::get('suboptions') : [];
    $min_price = Input::has('min_price') ? (int)Input::get('min_price') : null;
    $max_price = Input::has('max_price') ? (int)Input::get('max_price') : null;

    //codes
    if(count($request['suboptions'])){
      $products = DB::table('products')
      ->join('product_suboption', function ($join) {
        $suboption = Input::has('suboptions') ? Input::get('suboptions') : [];
            $join->on('products.id', '=', 'product_suboption.product_id')
                 ->where('product_suboption.suboption_id', '=', $suboption);
        })
      ->paginate(12);
    }

    elseif(count($request['brands'])){
      $products = DB::table('products')
      ->whereIn('products.brand_id', $brandss)
      ->paginate(12);
    }

    elseif(count($request['min_price']) && count($request['max_price'])){
      $products = DB::table('products')
      ->whereBetween('price', [$min_price, $max_price])
      ->paginate(12);
    }


    return view('front.advancesearch', compact('products', 'brands', 'options'));
    }

NOTE: most of my pricing issues solved with (int) as you see in my codes (int)Input::get('min_price') and (int)Input::get('max_price').

Special thanks to Ravindra Bhanderi for his count($request[''] suggestion.

Answer 2

I suggest a different approach.

On your controller, change it to this:

public function advancedsearch(Request $request) {

$suboptions2 = request->suboptions ? request->suboptions : null;
$min_price = request->min_price ? request->min_price : null;
$max_price = request->max_price ? request->max_price : null;
$brands2 = request->brands ? request->brands : null;

$query = Product::select('field_1', 'field_2', 'field_3')
->join('brands as b', 'b.id', '=', 'products.brand_id')
...(others joins);

// here we do the search query
if($suboptions2){
    $query->where('suboptions_field', '=', $suboptions);
}

if($min_price && $max_price){
    $query->where(function($q2) {
                $q2->where('price', '>=', $min_price)
                    ->where('price', '<=', $max_price)
            });

}

if($brands2){
    $query->where('products.brand_id', '=', $brands2);
}

// others queries

// finish it with this
$query->get();

return view('front.advancesearch', compact('products', 'brands', 'options'));

I find doing it this way is very useful because it can be really easy to implement additional queries.