Laravel - Arranging images in ascending and descending order with links - php

Question

I have a create method in my controller
public function create()
{
$image = PropertyUser::where('user_id', '=', Auth::user()->id)->get();
foreach($image as $property)
{
$id = $property->property_id;
}
$image_main = Image::where('property_id', $id)->get();
return view('settings.photos', ['image_array' => $image_main]);
}
This is my blade view
<form name="asc" action="{{route("settings.photos")}}" method="post" class="text-center">
#csrf
<input type="submit" value="Ascending " class="settings-photos-header2 text-center"/> |
</form><form name="dec" action="{{route("settings.photos")}}" method="post" class="text-center">
#csrf
<input type="submit" value= " Descending" class="settings-photos-header2 text-center"/>
</form>
<h2 class="settings-photos-header2 text-center">Photo Gallery</h2>
#foreach ($image_array as $images)
<div class="image-warp"><img src="{{$images->filename}}"
style="width:100px;height:100px;"><br/><span style="color: #1b1e21">{{$images->description}}</span>
</form>
</div>
#endforeach
Question-
How can i make the asc button sort the images in ascending order and des in descending order, is there a way to connect it to my controller, or is there a way to sort them in ascending and descending order through <a href> links?

Answer 1

First, foreach overrides $id in each iteration, so finally value of $id is $property_id value of last item from $image array.
You need to define relations.
In PropertyUser class add:
public function images() {
return $this->belongsTo(Image::class, 'property_id');
}
Then, in your create method in controller:
public function create(Request $request) {
// use direction query parameter to define asc or desc sorting
$order_direction = $request->query('direction');
$property_user = PropertyUser::where('user_id', '=', Auth::user()->id)
->with(['images' => function($query) use ($order_direction) {
$query->orderBy('id', $order_direction)
})->get();
// here you can access an array with associated images:
$images = $property_user->images;
return view('settings.photos', ['image_array' => $images]);
}
Your link to sorted images should like: Sort asc