Redesign

app/Http/Controllers/IkeaProductsController.php

@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class IkeaProductsController extends Controller
 {
-  public function search(Request $request, string $item, string $country = '')
+  public function search(Request $request, string $field, string $text, ?string $country = '')
   {
-    return IkeaProducts::search($item, $country);
+    return IkeaProducts::search($field, $text, $country);
+  }
+  public function multi_search(Request $request, string $item, ?string $desc='', ?string $code='', ?string $country = '')
+  {
+    return IkeaProducts::search($item,$desc,$code,$country);
   }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/ProductsCompareController.php

@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ class ProductsCompareController extends Controller
 
     $cHash = CountryCode::code_countryHash();
     if (is_array($codes) == false)
-      $aCodes = [$codes['code']];
+      $aCodes = $codes;
     else
       $aCodes = $codes->map(function ($code) {
-        return $code['code'];
+        return $code;
       });
 
     $products =  IkeaProducts::whereIn("code", $aCodes);
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ class ProductsCompareController extends Controller
       return $product;
     });
     Log::info("{products}", ["products" => $products]);
-    return Inertia::render('IkeaRoot', [
+    return [
       'products' => $products,
       'countryHash' => $cHash,
-    ]);
+    ];
   }
 }

app/Models/IkeaProducts.php

@@ -24,22 +24,21 @@ class IkeaProducts extends Model
    */
   public $incrementing = false;
 
-  protected function search($item,$country = '')
+  protected function search($field, $text, $country)
   {
-    if (strlen($item) >= 2 && strlen($item) < 5) {
-      $result = $this->where('name', 'LIKE', $item . '%');
-      if ($country != '') $result = $result->where('country',$country);
+    if ((strlen($text) >= 2 && $field == "name") || (strlen($text) > 3 && $field == 'typeName')) {
+      $result = $this->where($field, 'LIKE', '%' . $text . '%');
+      if ($country != '') {
+        $result->where('country', $country);
+      }
       return $result->get();
-    } else if (strlen($item >= 5)) {
-      $result = $this->where(function ($query) use ($item) { $query->where('typeName', 'LIKE', '%' .  $item . '%')->orWhere('name', 'LIKE', '%' . $item . '%'); } );
-      if ($country != '') $result = $result->where('country',$country);
-
-      return $result->get();
-   
     }
+
+    return [];
   }
 
-  protected function multisearch($codes, $countries)  {
+  protected function multisearch($codes, $countries)
+  {
     //$countries = $
     // return $this->where('code',$codes)->where('country',$countries); 
   }