finalizing sorting, filtering and pagination with plans and songs

app/Http/Controllers/Cspot/PlanController.php

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public function nextSunday()
      */
     public function index(Request $request)
     {
+        $querystringArray = $request->input();
         // set default values
         $filterby    = isset($request->filterby)    ? $request->filterby    : '';
         $filtervalue = isset($request->filtervalue )? $request->filtervalue : '';
@@ -162,9 +163,12 @@ public function index(Request $request)
             $heading = 'Your Service Plans';
         }
 
+        // for pagination, always append the original query string
+        $plans = $plans->paginate(20)->appends($querystringArray);
+
         return view( 
             $this->view_all, 
-            array('plans' => $plans->paginate(20), 'heading' => $heading) 
+            array('plans' => $plans, 'heading' => $heading) 
         );
     }
 

app/Http/Controllers/Cspot/SongController.php

@@ -48,21 +48,39 @@ public function __construct() {
      * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
      */
     public function index(Request $request )
-    { 
+    {
+        $querystringArray = $request->input();
         // set default values
         $orderBy = isset($request->orderby) ? $request->orderby : 'title';
         $order   = isset($request->order)   ? $request->order   : 'asc';
 
         // with filtering?
         if (isset($request->filterby) and isset($request->filtervalue)) {
-            $songs = Song::orderBy($orderBy, $order)
-                ->where($request->filterby, 'like', '%'.$request->filtervalue.'%')
-                ->paginate(20);
-        } else {
-            $songs = Song::orderBy($orderBy, $order)
-                ->paginate(20);
+            if ($request->filterby=='fulltext') {
+                $songs = Song::orderBy($orderBy, $order)
+                    ->where(  'title',    'like', '%'.$request->filtervalue.'%')
+                    ->orWhere('title_2',  'like', '%'.$request->filtervalue.'%')
+                    ->orWhere('author',   'like', '%'.$request->filtervalue.'%')
+                    ->orWhere('book_ref', 'like', '%'.$request->filtervalue.'%')
+                    ->orWhere('lyrics',   'like', '%'.$request->filtervalue.'%');
+            } 
+            elseif ($request->filterby=='title') {
+                $songs = Song::orderBy($orderBy, $order)
+                    ->where(  'title',    'like', '%'.$request->filtervalue.'%')
+                    ->orWhere('title_2',  'like', '%'.$request->filtervalue.'%');
+            }
+            else {
+                $songs = Song::orderBy($orderBy, $order)
+                    ->where($request->filterby, 'like', '%'.$request->filtervalue.'%');
+            }
+        } 
+        else {
+            $songs = Song::orderBy($orderBy, $order);
         }
 
+        // for pagination, always append the original query string
+        $songs = $songs->paginate(20)->appends($querystringArray);
+
         $heading = 'Manage Songs';
         return view( $this->view_all, array(
             'songs'       => $songs, 

public/js/helpers.js

@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ function reloadListOrderBy(field)
 
 
 /*
-    Show input field in header to filter this column or apply the filter if already set
+    Show input field in header to filter data in this column or apply the filter if already set
 */
 function showFilterField(field)
 {

resources/views/cspot/snippets/fullTextSearch.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+    <span id="fulltext-search" class="link m-l-1 pull-xs-left" onclick="showFilterField('fulltext')" data-toggle="tooltip" 
+        @if ( Request::has('filterby') && Request::get('filterby')=='fulltext' )
+                title="Clear filter">
+            Search: <span class="bg-info">&nbsp;{{ Request::get('filtervalue') }} </span>
+            <i id="filter-fulltext-clear" class="fa fa-close"> </i>
+        @else
+                title="Full-text search in titles, author lyrics etc">
+            <i id="filter-fulltext-show" class="fa fa-search"> </i>
+        @endif
+    </span>
+

resources/views/cspot/songs.blade.php

@@ -21,15 +21,19 @@
 	</span>
 	@endif
 
-    <h2 class="hidden-xs-down pull-xs-left">{{ $heading }}</h2>
+    <h2 class="hidden-xs-down pull-xs-left">{{ $heading }}
+    </h2>
+    	@include('cspot.snippets.fullTextSearch')
+
 
-	<center>Page {{ $songs->currentPage() }} of {{ $songs->lastPage() }}</center>
+	<center>
+		Page {{ $songs->currentPage() }} of {{ $songs->lastPage() }}<br>
+		<small>showing a total of {{ $songs->total() }} songs</small>
+	</center>
 
 
 	@if (count($songs))
 
-		<center><small>(Total: {{ $songs->total() }} Songs)</small></center>
-
 		<table class="table table-striped table-bordered 
 					@if(count($songs)>15)
 					 table-sm