Here's another dodge that I came up with for my base repository class where I needed to order by an arbitrary number of columns:
public function findAll(array $where = [], array $with = [], array $orderBy = [], int $limit = 10)
{
$result = $this->model->with($with);
$dataSet = $result->where($where)
// Conditionally use $orderBy if not empty
->when(!empty($orderBy), function ($query) use ($orderBy) {
// Break $orderBy into pairs
$pairs = array_chunk($orderBy, 2);
// Iterate over the pairs
foreach ($pairs as $pair) {
// Use the 'splat' to turn the pair into two arguments
$query->orderBy(...$pair);
}
})
->paginate($limit)
->appends(Input::except('page'));
return $dataSet;
}
Now, you can make your call like this:
$allUsers = $userRepository->findAll([], [], ['name', 'DESC', 'email', 'ASC'], 100);