laravel search multiple words separated by space

Question

I am new to laravel query builder, I want to search multiple words entered in an input field for example if I type \"jhon doe\" I want to get any column that contains jhon o

Answer 1

$string = 'john  doe';

// split on 1+ whitespace & ignore empty (eg. trailing space)
$searchValues = preg_split('/\s+/', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); 

$users = User::where(function ($q) use ($searchValues) {
  foreach ($searchValues as $value) {
    $q->Where('name', 'like', "%{$value}%");
  }
})->get();

Using 'orWhere' will get you results for each keyword not results for keyword1 + keyword2...So all depends on what your looking for