Laravel Order By Alphanumeric

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In Laravel, you can order your records in an alphanumeric manner using the “orderByRaw” method along with a custom SQL expression. This allows you to specify a specific ordering logic for your records.

Here’s an example of how you can order records in an alphanumeric manner:

    <?php
    // Assuming you have a "products" table with a "name" column
    
    $products = DB::table('products')
        ->orderByRaw("CAST(name AS UNSIGNED) ASC, name ASC")
        ->get();
    
    foreach ($products as $product) {
        echo $product->name;
        echo "<br>";
    }
    ?>

In the above example, we are ordering the records first by converting the “name” column to an unsigned integer using the “CAST” function. This way, any numerical values in the “name” column will be sorted numerically. Then we order by the “name” column in ascending order, effectively sorting any remaining alphanumeric values.

Let’s say you have the following product names:

  • Product 3
  • Product 10
  • Product 2
  • Product A
  • Product B
  • Product C

Using the above ordering logic, the result will be:

  • Product 2
  • Product 3
  • Product 10
  • Product A
  • Product B
  • Product C

This ensures that numerical values are sorted numerically, and alphanumeric values are sorted alphabetically.

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