How to Sort Array Object by Value in Laravel

Learn how to effectively sort your array objects by specific values in Laravel, enhancing your application's data handling capabilities.
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Sorting Array Object by Value in Laravel

When working with databases in Laravel, developers sometimes face the challenge of sorting complex data structures, specifically when they are dealing with relationships between different tables. In this post, we'll tackle a common scenario where you need to sort array objects based on a specific value from a related table. This can be particularly useful in cases where you want to prioritize certain data items based on their properties, such as sorting news articles based on associated service codes.

Understanding the Problem

Let's say you have three tables in your database: News, Service, and News Service. The relationship among these tables allows you to connect news articles with respective services offered.

Here's a quick overview of the data:

News Table contains articles with unique IDs and titles.

Service Table lists different types of services, each identified by a unique code.

News Service Table connects the news articles to services through a many-to-many relationship.

Example Data Structure

Here are the example rows from your tables:

News Table:

news_idnews_title1Title 12Title 2Service Table:

service_idservice_codeservice_name1homeHome2apartmentApartmentNews Service Table:

news_service_idnews_idservice_code12home22apartment31apartmentNow, imagine you want to retrieve the news list along with their corresponding services, and you want to sort this list so that any news item associated with a specific service code (for example, "home") appears at the top of the list. Let's explore how to achieve this.

Solution: Sorting the Array Objects

The following Laravel controller code demonstrates how to sort the news items based on the presence of a "home" service code within their associated services.

Step 1: Modify Your Controller

Here’s how you can implement the sorting within the NewsController:

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Breakdown of the Code

Fetching Data: The listAction method retrieves all news articles and their corresponding services.

Sorting Logic:

An empty array order_data is initialized.

The code uses a loop to check if the "home" service code appears in the service array for each news article.

If the service code is found, the news article is added to the front of the order_data array.

If not, it's added to the end of the array.

Resulting Sorted Data Structure

After implementing the above logic, when the keyword "home" is passed, the output will look like this:

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Conclusion

Sorting an array of objects in Laravel based on a specific value from a relational table can simplify data handling and enhance user experience in applications. By implementing the sorting logic demonstrated above, you can ensure that relevant data is easily accessible and well-organized.

Hopefully, this guide helps you understand how to tackle similar sorting problems in your Laravel projects. Happy coding!

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