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Filters

The listings of the index page can be refined with filters, a series of form controls that add conditions to the query (e.g. price > 10, enabled = true). Define your filters with the configureFilters() method of your dashboard or CRUD controller:

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namespace App\Controller\Admin;

use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Config\Filters;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Controller\AbstractCrudController;

class ProductCrudController extends AbstractCrudController
{
    // ...

    public function configureFilters(Filters $filters): Filters
    {
        return $filters
            ->add('title')
            ->add('price')
            ->add('published')
        ;
    }
}

EasyAdmin provides ready-to-use filters for the most common needs (dates, numeric values, collections, etc.). The type of filter is automatically selected based on the data type of the property, but you can also define the filter type explicitly:

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namespace App\Controller\Admin;

use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Config\Filters;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Controller\AbstractCrudController;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Filter\BooleanFilter;

class ProductCrudController extends AbstractCrudController
{
    // ...

    public function configureFilters(Filters $filters): Filters
    {
        return $filters
            ->add('title')
            ->add('price')
            // most of the times there is no need to define the
            // filter type because EasyAdmin can guess it automatically
            ->add(BooleanFilter::new('published'))
        ;
    }
}

Built-in Filters

These are the built-in filters provided by EasyAdmin:

  • ArrayFilter: applied by default to array fields. It's rendered as a <select> list with the condition (equal/not equal) and another <select> tags input to introduce the comparison value.
  • BooleanFilter: applied by default to boolean fields. It's rendered as two radio buttons labeled "Yes" and "No".
  • ChoiceFilter: it's rendered as a <select> list with choices.
  • ComparisonFilter: generic compound filter with two fields.
  • DatetimeFilter: applied by default to datetime, date or time fields respectively. It's rendered as a <select> list with the condition (before/after/etc.) and a browser native datepicker to pick the date/time.
  • EntityFilter: applied to fields with Doctrine associations (all kinds supported). It's rendered as a <select> list with the condition (equal/not equal/etc.) and another <select> list to choose the comparison value.
  • NullFilter: it's not applied by default to any field. It's useful to filter results depending on the "null" or "not null" value of a property. It's rendered as two radio buttons for the null and not null options.
  • NumericFilter: applied by default to numeric fields. It's rendered as a <select> list with the condition (higher/lower/equal/etc.) and a <input> to define the comparison value.
  • TextFilter: applied by default to string/text fields. It's rendered as a <select> list with the condition (contains/not contains/etc.) and an <input> or <textarea> to define the comparison value.

Custom Filters

If your needs are more specific, you can create your own filters. A filter is defined using two classes:

  • A config class implementing EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Contracts\Filter\FilterInterface is used to configure the filter options and to apply the search conditions when the filter is active;
  • A form class implementing Symfony\Component\Form\FormType is used to render the HTML widgets used to input the filter data in the application.

You can use the FilterTrait in your filter config class to avoid implementing all the commonly methods. That way you only need to implement the apply() method, which is the one that changes the $queryBuilder object to apply the query clauses needed by the filter.

Consider this example which creates a custom date filter with some special values:

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// src/Controller/Admin/Filter/DateCalendarFilter.php
namespace App\Controller\Admin\Filter;

use App\Form\Type\Admin\DateCalendarFilterType;
use Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Contracts\Filter\FilterInterface;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Dto\EntityDto;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Dto\FieldDto;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Dto\FilterDataDto;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Filter\FilterTrait;

class DateCalendarFilter implements FilterInterface
{
    use FilterTrait;

    public static function new(string $propertyName, $label = null): self
    {
        return (new self())
            ->setFilterFqcn(__CLASS__)
            ->setProperty($propertyName)
            ->setLabel($label)
            ->setFormType(DateCalendarFilterType::class);
    }

    public function apply(QueryBuilder $queryBuilder, FilterDataDto $filterDataDto, ?FieldDto $fieldDto, EntityDto $entityDto): void
    {
         if ('today' === $filterDataDto->getValue()) {
            $queryBuilder->andWhere(sprintf('%s.%s = :today', $filterDataDto->getEntityAlias(), $filterDataDto->getProperty()))
                ->setParameter('today', (new \DateTime('today'))->format('Y-m-d'));
        }

        // ...
    }
}

Then, create the associated form type that renders for example a <select> widget with some predefined values:

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// src/Form/Type/Admin/DateCalendarFilterType.php
namespace App\Form\Type\Admin;

use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\ChoiceType;
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolver;

class DateCalendarFilterType extends AbstractType
{
    public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
    {
        $resolver->setDefaults([
            'choices' => [
                'Today' => 'today',
                'This month' => 'this_month',
                // ...
            ],
        ]);
    }

    public function getParent()
    {
        return ChoiceType::class;
    }
}

You can now use this custom filter in any of your dashboards and CRUD controllers:

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namespace App\Controller\Admin;

use App\Admin\Filter\DateCalendarFilter;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Config\Filters;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Controller\AbstractCrudController;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Filter\BooleanFilter;

class UserCrudController extends AbstractCrudController
{
    // ...

    public function configureFilters(Filters $filters): Filters
    {
        return $filters
            // ...
            ->add(DateCalendarFilter::new('signupDate'))
        ;
    }
}

Unmapped Filters

By default, each filter must be associated with a property of the entity. However, sometimes you need to filter by the property of a related entity (e.g. an order is associated with a customer and you want to filter orders by the country property of the customer). In those cases, set the mapped option to false in the filter or you'll see an exception:

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namespace App\Controller\Admin;

use App\Admin\Filter\CustomerCountryFilter;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Config\Filters;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Controller\AbstractCrudController;
use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Filter\BooleanFilter;

class OrderCrudController extends AbstractCrudController
{
    // ...

    public function configureFilters(Filters $filters): Filters
    {
        return $filters
            // 'country' doesn't exist as a property of 'Order' so it's
            // defined as 'not mapped' to avoid errors
            ->add(CustomerCountryFilter::new('country')->mapped(false))
        ;
    }
}
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