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When I dd Request::all('search', 'trashed')
array:2 [▼
"search" => null
"trashed" => null
]
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Hello,
I am getting null when I Request::all('search', 'trashed'), but there are deleted Employees.
Am I missing something?
Employee Model
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
class Employee extends Model
{
use SoftDeletes, HasFactory;
protected $guarded = [];
protected $dates = [
'created_at',
'updated_at',
'deleted_at'
];
protected $fillable = [
'business_id',
'name',
'email',
'phone',
'role',
'services',
];
public function getNameAttribute()
{
return $this->name.' '.$this->phone;
}
public function scopeOrderByName($query)
{
$query->orderBy('name')->orderBy('role');
}
public function scopeFilter($query, array $filters)
{
$query->when($filters['search'] ?? null, function ($query, $search) {
$query->where(function ($query) use ($search) {
$query->where('name', 'like', '%'.$search.'%')
->orWhere('phone', 'like', '%'.$search.'%')
->orWhere('email', 'like', '%'.$search.'%');
});
})->when($filters['trashed'] ?? null, function ($query, $trashed) {
if ($trashed === 'with') {
$query->withTrashed();
} elseif ($trashed === 'only') {
$query->onlyTrashed();
}
});
}
}
EmployeeController
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Models\Employee;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request;
use Inertia\Inertia;
class EmployeeController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
$user = auth()->user()->business->id;
$test = Request::all('search', 'trashed');
dd($test);
return Inertia::render('Admin/Employee/Index', [
'filters' => Request::all('search', 'trashed'), // <-- this gives null but there is 1 deleted employee
'employees' => Employee::where('business_id', $user)
->orderByName()
->filter(Request::only('search', 'trashed'))
->paginate()
->withQueryString()
->through(function ($employee) {
return [
'id' => $employee->id,
'name' => $employee->name,
'email' => $employee->email,
'phone' => $employee->phone,
'services' => $employee->services,
'role' => $employee->role,
'deleted_at' => $employee->deleted_at,
];
})
]);
}
}
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