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dalyio/laravel-search
=====================

A package for Laravel to implement search bars on your application

17PHP

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Laravel Package to Implement Search Bars on Your Application
============================================================

[](#laravel-package-to-implement-search-bars-on-your-application)

A package for Laravel to add a search bar feature to your application. Easily add search capabilities on your Eloquent models by adding a search bar component to your application.

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require dalyio/laravel-search
```

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Dalyio\Search\Providers\SearchServiceProvider"
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Edit the new `search.php` configuration file in the config directory to configure your application's search bars. You may configure multiple search bars on a single application. The order in which the Eloquent models are provided will be a factor in determining the order of the search results.

```
return [
    // Default search namespace
    'default' => [
        'models' => [
            // Your searchable models
            App\Models\{YOUR SEARCHABLE MODEL}::class,
        ]
    ],

    // Choose any namespace you want to configure multiple searchbars
    // Namespaces of searchbars are assigned on the component tag
    'additional_namespace' => [
        'models' => [
            App\Models\{YOUR SEARCHABLE MODEL}::class,
        ]
    ],
]
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Search Bar Component

[](#search-bar-component)

Insert the blade search bar component into your view. The namespace corresponds to the namespace you set in the configuration file. These parameters are all optional.

```

```

### Searchable Eloquent Models

[](#searchable-eloquent-models)

Specify which attributes to apply searches to on the Eloquent models by adding a *$searchable* property. Omitting this property will cause all fields of the Eloquent model to be searched upon.

```
    protected $searchable = [
        'first_name', 'last_name'
    ];
```

Add the *toSearch()* method to an Eloquent mode to properly format the search results and set the link url. Omitting this method will cause the format of the results to not work properly.

```
    public function toSearch()
    {
        return array_merge(parent::toArray(), [
            'search_header_format' => 'NFL Player',
            'search_result_format' => ''.$this->firstName().' '.$this->lastName().' ('.$this->position().')',
            'search_url' => 'https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/'.strtoupper(substr($this->lastName(), 0, 1)).'/'.$this->frKey().'.htm',
        ]);
    }
```

### Styling

[](#styling)

The search package comes with default styling to match Laravel's out-of-box welcome page. To implement custom styling rules you can set the default styling to *false* on the blade component and implement custom rules.

```

```

Add the following rules and customizations to your application's main css files.

```
#search-bar-component {
    position: relative;
}
#search-bar-component input#search-bar {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    cursor: text;
    height: 2rem;
    color: #4e6e8e;
    border: 1px solid #cfd4db;
    border-radius: 2rem;
    font-size: .9rem;
    line-height: 2rem;
    padding: 0 1rem;
    outline: 0;
    background-size: auto;
    background-size: 1rem;
    transition: all .2s ease;
}
#search-bar-component #dropdown-menu {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    top: 2rem;
    right: 0;
    border-radius: 1rem;
    text-align: left;
    min-width: 400px;
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #cfd4db;
    transition: all .2s ease;
}
#search-bar-component #dropdown-menu .result-link {
    display: block;
    padding: .750rem 1rem;
    font-size: .875rem;

}
#search-bar-component #dropdown-menu .result-link:hover,
#search-bar-component #dropdown-menu .result-link:active {
    background-color: #f1f2f4;
}
#search-bar-component #dropdown-menu .result-header,
#search-bar-component #dropdown-menu .result-empty {
    padding: 1rem;
    width: 100%;
}
#search-bar-component #dropdown-menu .result-header {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #cfd4db;
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Laravel Search is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

16

—

LowBetter than 5% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity27

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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