Passing empty value to filter causes slowness

[Jeff Hansen]

Thanks for the package! Really enjoying it!

In my testing it appears that empty filters cause some hefty delays. It appears the delays are in the code, not the database query.

I have a very small project, the table I am querying has only 4 records.

I have the following in my controller:

$q = QueryBuilder::for(Meet::class)
  ->allowedFilters([
        AllowedFilter::partial('name'),
   ])
   ->allowedSorts(['name'])
   ->dd();

Note that I am doing the dd there.
I query using Postman get the following response times:

{{host}}/meets -> 23ms
{{host}}/meets?filter[name]= -> 325ms

Adding ->ignore([null, '', ' ']) (or any/all variations of that) appears to have no impact on the response time.

In all cases the dd query shows the same select * from meets as expected / desired.

Using:
"spatie/laravel-query-builder": "^5.0", (5.0.2)
Laravel Framework 9.15.0
PHP 8.1.6 (cli)
macOS latest

Thank you and please let me know if I can provide helpful additional information.

[Dominik Bauernfeind]

Hi @jeffwhansen 👋

Thanks for reporting the issue. Can you provide me with an example app that reproduces the described slowdown? I'd like to look into this issue.

[Alex Vanderbist]

Hi, I'll be closing this issue due to inactivity. If you or anyone else are still experiencing this problem, feel free to open a new issue and we'll happily look into it :) Thanks!