Filament•2mo ago

Convert Repeater to a Multiple Select Field

I have a 'postCategories' Pivot relationship. I already prepared the Models and Relationships as they mentioned in the Doc. The repeater works fine as expected. Is there any way to convert this Repeater field to a multiple-select field? So then it's looks cleaner than a repeater. Because i don't have extra data fields on my pivot table. Just 'post_id' and 'category_id'.

 Forms\Components\Repeater::make('postCategories')
   ->relationship()
    ->schema([
        Select::make('category_id')
            ->label('Category')
            ->options(Category::all()->pluck('name', 'id'))
            ->searchable()->preload()
            ->required()
      ->disableOptionsWhenSelectedInSiblingRepeaterItems()
])->minItems(1)

 Forms\Components\Repeater::make('postCategories')
   ->relationship()
    ->schema([
        Select::make('category_id')
            ->label('Category')
            ->options(Category::all()->pluck('name', 'id'))
            ->searchable()->preload()
            ->required()
      ->disableOptionsWhenSelectedInSiblingRepeaterItems()
])->minItems(1)

Solution:

The categories must be a BelongsToMany?

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Tally•2mo ago

You have a post and you want to select multiple categories? If that's the case a CheckboxList would be a nice solution as well https://filamentphp.com/docs/3.x/forms/fields/checkbox-list but if you have lots of categories maybe use 1 select with multiple options like this https://filamentphp.com/docs/3.x/forms/fields/select#multi-select

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Select - Form Builder - Filament

Hasith•2mo ago

Select::make('categories')
    ->label('Category')
    ->relationship('categories')
    ->multiple()
    ->searchable()->preload()->required(),

Select::make('categories')
    ->label('Category')
    ->relationship('categories')
    ->multiple()
    ->searchable()->preload()->required(),

This is my form input fiedl and it's give me an error saying SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'post_categories.' in 'field list'. This is my Model Configurations to my Pivot table using a pivot Model. @Tally In my Post Model

  public function categories(): HasMany
    {
        return $this->hasMany(PostCategory::class, 'post_id');
    }

  public function categories(): HasMany
    {
        return $this->hasMany(PostCategory::class, 'post_id');
    }

In my Pivot Table Model (PostCategory)

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Pivot;

class PostCategory extends Pivot
{
    use HasFactory;

    protected $table = 'post_categories';

    public $timestamps = false;

    protected $fillable = ['post_id', 'category_id'];

    public function post(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Post::class);
    }

    public function category(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Category::class);
    }
}

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Pivot;

class PostCategory extends Pivot
{
    use HasFactory;

    protected $table = 'post_categories';

    public $timestamps = false;

    protected $fillable = ['post_id', 'category_id'];

    public function post(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Post::class);
    }

    public function category(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Category::class);
    }
}

When creating a Post i want to let the user to select multiple categories using a select field.

Solution

Tally•2mo ago

The categories must be a BelongsToMany?

Tally•2mo ago

wait... you don't need the PostCategory pivot at all if you change the categories() to a BelongsToMany of your Category::class it will work I only needed to specify a title in my relationship to get it to work:

  ->relationship('categories', 'title'),

  ->relationship('categories', 'title'),

Hasith•2mo ago

Can you check this section on repeater ? https://filamentphp.com/docs/3.x/forms/fields/repeater#integrating-with-an-eloquent-relationship

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Tally•2mo ago

I see it... never needed it though 😉

Hasith•2mo ago

Let me try your solution fast

Tally•2mo ago

I'm not really using it with a repeater... was using the CheckboxList... converted it to a Select and it worked

Hasith•2mo ago

It's work fine bro. How can i show that details on Post table as badges? Can you help me with that too... This works for me

  public function categories(): BelongsToMany
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(Category::class, 'post_categories',                'post_id', 'category_id');
    }

  public function categories(): BelongsToMany
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(Category::class, 'post_categories',                'post_id', 'category_id');
    }

Tally•2mo ago

Tables\Columns\TextColumn::make('categories.name')
  ->label('Categories')
  ->badge(),

Tables\Columns\TextColumn::make('categories.name')
  ->label('Categories')
  ->badge(),

Hasith•2mo ago

Got that too. Thanks in advace 💌 @Tally

Tally•2mo ago

you're welcome!

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Convert Repeater to a Multiple Select Field