Query Builder for Laravel

Drop-in Livewire components for building query builders, tables, and reports on Eloquent models.

Installation

composer require act-training/query-builder

Optionally, publish the views:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="query-builder-views"

Model Setup

Models should use the AppliesCriteria trait:

use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\Support\Criteria\AppliesCriteria;

class Employee extends Model
{
    use AppliesCriteria;
}

Components

The package provides three main abstract Livewire components to extend:

Component	Purpose
QueryBuilder	Full query builder with criteria-based AND/OR filtering
TableBuilder	Simpler table with URL-persisted filters and search
ReportBuilder	Dynamic column selection, save/load/export, optional groupBy

QueryBuilder

Create a Livewire component that extends QueryBuilder. Define query(), columns(), and conditions():

<?php

namespace App\Livewire;

use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\QueryBuilder;
use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\Support\Columns\BooleanColumn;
use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\Support\Columns\Column;
use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\Support\Columns\DateColumn;
use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\Support\Conditions\BooleanCondition;
use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\Support\Conditions\DateCondition;
use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\Support\Conditions\TextCondition;
use App\Models\Employee;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;

class EmployeesTable extends QueryBuilder
{
    public function config(): void
    {
        $this
            ->enableQueryBuilder()
            ->rowClickable(false);
    }

    public function query(): Builder
    {
        return Employee::query()->with(['contract', 'contract.job', 'contract.location']);
    }

    public function columns(): array
    {
        return [
            Column::make('Name', 'full_name')
                ->component('columns.common.title')
                ->sortable(),
            Column::make('Job Title', 'contract.job.name'),
            Column::make('Location', 'contract.location.name'),
            BooleanColumn::make('Line Manager', 'contract.line_manager')
                ->hideIf(false)
                ->justify('center'),
            DateColumn::make('Start Date', 'contract.start_date')
                ->humanDiff()
                ->justify('right'),
        ];
    }

    public function conditions(): array
    {
        return [
            TextCondition::make('Name', 'full_name'),
            TextCondition::make('Job Title', 'contract.job.name'),
            BooleanCondition::make('Line Manager', 'contract.line_manager'),
            TextCondition::make('Location', 'contract.location.name'),
            DateCondition::make('Start Date', 'contract.start_date'),
        ];
    }
}

TableBuilder

A simpler alternative using filters instead of criteria. Define query(), columns(), and filters():

<?php

namespace App\Livewire;

use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\TableBuilder;
use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\Support\Columns\Column;
use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\Support\Filters\TextFilter;
use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\Support\Filters\SelectFilter;
use App\Models\Employee;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;

class EmployeesList extends TableBuilder
{
    public function query(): Builder
    {
        return Employee::query();
    }

    public function columns(): array
    {
        return [
            Column::make('Name', 'full_name')->sortable()->searchable(),
            Column::make('Department', 'department')->sortable(),
        ];
    }

    public function filters(): array
    {
        return [
            TextFilter::make('Name', 'full_name'),
            SelectFilter::make('Department', 'department')
                ->options(['HR' => 'HR', 'IT' => 'IT', 'Finance' => 'Finance']),
        ];
    }
}

ReportBuilder

Extends QueryBuilder with dynamic column selection. Users pick columns at runtime from availableColumns(), and the component builds columns and conditions automatically:

<?php

namespace App\Livewire;

use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\ReportBuilder;
use App\Models\Employee;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;

class EmployeesReport extends ReportBuilder
{
    public function query(): Builder
    {
        return Employee::query()->with(['contract', 'contract.job', 'contract.location']);
    }

    public function availableColumns(): array
    {
        return [
            'Employee' => [
                ['label' => 'Name', 'key' => 'full_name'],
                ['label' => 'Email', 'key' => 'email'],
            ],
            'Contract' => [
                ['label' => 'Job Title', 'key' => 'contract.job.name'],
                ['label' => 'Location', 'key' => 'contract.location.name'],
                ['label' => 'Start Date', 'key' => 'contract.start_date', 'type' => 'date'],
                ['label' => 'Salary', 'key' => 'contract.salary', 'type' => 'number'],
                ['label' => 'Line Manager', 'key' => 'contract.line_manager', 'type' => 'boolean'],
            ],
        ];
    }
}

Column definitions in availableColumns() support these keys:

Key	Description
label	Display label (required)
key	Column key, supports dot-notation for relationships (required)
type	Column type: text (default), number, float, boolean, date, enum, null, view
sortable	Enable sorting on this column
justify	Alignment: left, center, right
view	Custom Blade component for rendering
options	Options array for enum type
skipCondition	Exclude from query builder conditions

ReportBuilder with GroupBy

Enable groupBy to allow users to group results by a column with aggregate functions (COUNT, SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX). Set $enableGroupBy = true:

<?php

namespace App\Livewire;

use ACTTraining\QueryBuilder\ReportBuilder;
use App\Models\Employee;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;

class EmployeesGroupReport extends ReportBuilder
{
    public bool $enableGroupBy = true;

    public function query(): Builder
    {
        return Employee::query()->with(['contract', 'contract.job', 'contract.location']);
    }

    public function availableColumns(): array
    {
        return [
            'Employee' => [
                ['label' => 'Name', 'key' => 'full_name'],
                ['label' => 'Department', 'key' => 'department'],
            ],
            'Contract' => [
                ['label' => 'Job Title', 'key' => 'contract.job.name'],
                ['label' => 'Location', 'key' => 'contract.location.name'],
                ['label' => 'Salary', 'key' => 'contract.salary', 'type' => 'number'],
            ],
        ];
    }
}

When enableGroupBy is true, the report editor UI shows additional controls:

• Group By Column - select which column to group by
• Function - aggregate function (COUNT, SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX)
• Aggregate Column - which column to aggregate (defaults to id, numeric columns from availableColumns() are included automatically)

An "Aggregate" column is automatically appended to the table when grouping is active.

You can customise the available aggregate functions and groupable/aggregatable columns by overriding:

public function aggregateFunctions(): array
{
    return ['COUNT', 'SUM', 'AVG'];
}

public function groupableColumns(): array
{
    // Return a flat array of ['label' => ..., 'key' => ...] items
    return [
        ['label' => 'Department', 'key' => 'department'],
        ['label' => 'Location', 'key' => 'contract.location.name'],
    ];
}

public function aggregatableColumns(): array
{
    return [
        ['label' => 'ID', 'key' => 'id'],
        ['label' => 'Salary', 'key' => 'contract.salary'],
    ];
}

Columns

All column types use a fluent make($label, $key) constructor. If $key is omitted, it defaults to Str::snake($label).

Column Type	Description
Column	General text column
BooleanColumn	Boolean/checkbox display
DateColumn	Date formatting with ->format() and ->humanDiff()
ViewColumn	Custom Blade view rendering

Columns support: ->sortable(), ->searchable(), ->justify('right'), ->component('view.name'), ->reformatUsing(callable), ->withSubTitle(callable), ->hideIf(condition), ->hideHeader().

Conditions (QueryBuilder)

Used with QueryBuilder and ReportBuilder for criteria-based filtering:

Condition Type	Operations
TextCondition	equals, not_equals, contains, starts_with, ends_with
NumberCondition	equals, not_equals, greater_than, less_than, is_between
FloatCondition	equals, not_equals, greater_than, less_than, is_between
BooleanCondition	is_true, is_false
DateCondition	equals, before, after, is_between
EnumCondition	equals, not_equals (with defined options)
NullCondition	is_set, is_not_set

Filters (TableBuilder)

Used with TableBuilder for simpler key/operator/value filtering:

TextFilter, NumberFilter, DateFilter, BooleanFilter, SelectFilter, NullFilter

Relationship Support

Dot-notation keys work throughout columns, conditions, and filters to traverse Eloquent relationships:

Column::make('Job Title', 'contract.job.name')
TextCondition::make('Location', 'contract.location.name')

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• Simon Barrett
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.