Laravel searchable field

laravel-searchable-model-filter.md

Simple

$searchable = [
    'type',
    'date',
];

$petsQuery = Pet::where('user_id', '=', $request->user()->id);
// OR: $petsQuery = Pet::query(). For empty query

foreach ($searchable as $field) {
    $filterValue = $request->query($field);
    if ($filterValue) {
        $petsQuery->where($field, '=', $filterValue);
    }
}

$pets = $petsQuery->get(); // OR: pagination

Or if you request field different from database field, you can use key-value array:

$searchable = [
    'type' => 'type',
    'date' => 'created_at',
];

More advanced

Using callback

$searchable = [
    'type' => function ($query, $value) {
        $query->where('type', '=', $value);
    },
    'date' => function ($query, $value) {
        $query->whereRaw('DATE(created_at) = ?', $value);
    },
];

$petsQuery = Pet::where('user_id', '=', $request->user()->id);

foreach ($searchable as $field => $callback) {
    $filterValue = $request->query($field);
    if ($filterValue) {
        $callback($petsQuery, $filterValue);
        // OR use: call_user_func($callback, $petsQuery, $filterValue);
    }
}

$pets = $petsQuery->get(); // OR: pagination

This is just idea, apply it on your own way for each project requirement.