Filter

Data filtering and pagination made easy.

The implementation is based on:

• having adapters for Input filter format. Contains 2 default implementations (DataTables and Api)
• formatters for the output format (DataTables, Api, Raw)
• adapters for the underlying DB (Doctrine ORM)

Every aspect can be extended as you see fit either by replacing the implementation or implementing the interfaces.

Creating your first filter

The bundle comes with 2 predefined input adapters:

• DataTables Adapter (App\Filter\Adapter\DataTableAdapter): for parsing requests from DataTables
• Api Adapter (App\Filter\Adapter\ApiAdapter): for Api requests

In order to get it working we need to do some setup first. 3 things are required:

• a filter definition
• a transformer
• a repository service

Each filter definition implements App\Filter\Definition\FilterDefinitionInterface, you can also use App\Filter\Definition\BaseFilterDefinition as a starting point. The base class expects 2 parameters:

• the repository service that implements App\Filter\Repository\FilterableRepositoryInterface there are 2 default implementations:

  • App\Filter\Repository\DoctrineORMRepository
  • App\Filter\Repository\MongoRepository

• the transformer that implements App\Filter\Transformer\TransformerInterface, normally you should extend:

  • for Api App\Filter\Transformer\ApiAbstractTransformer
  • for DataTables App\Filter\Transformer\AbstractTransformer

Normally both the transformer and the Filter Definition should be registered as services inside the app.

After that inside the controller it is as simple as:

use App\Filter\Adapter\DataTableAdapter;
use App\Filter\Definition\UserDefinition;
...
        return new JsonResponse(
            $this
                ->get(DataTableAdapter::class)
                ->process($this->get(UserDefinition::class), $request)
        );
...

Hint: you can inject your services as method parameters instead of getting them from the Controller.

Please check the following files for examples:

Definition example

Transformer example

License

This package is available under the MIT license.