fixed search

app/Models/Person/Person.php

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Laravel\Sanctum\HasApiTokens;
+use Laravel\Scout\Attributes\SearchUsingFullText;
 use Laravel\Scout\Searchable;
 
 class Person extends Model
@@ -64,6 +65,14 @@ protected static function booted()
                 $person->nu = static::generateUniqueNu();
             }
         });
+
+        static::saving(function (Person $person) {
+            $person->full_name_search = static::buildFullNameSearchPayload(
+                $person->first_name,
+                $person->last_name,
+                $person->full_name
+            );
+        });
     }
 
     protected function makeAllSearchableUsing(Builder $query): Builder
@@ -71,16 +80,20 @@ protected function makeAllSearchableUsing(Builder $query): Builder
         return $query->with(['addresses', 'phones', 'emails']);
     }
 
+    #[SearchUsingFullText(['full_name_search'], ['config' => 'simple'])]
     public function toSearchableArray(): array
     {
-        return [
+        $columns = [
-            'first_name' => '',
+            'first_name' => (string) $this->first_name,
-            'last_name' => '',
+            'last_name' => (string) $this->last_name,
-            'full_name' => '',
+            'full_name' => (string) $this->full_name,
             'person_addresses.address' => '',
             'person_phones.nu' => '',
             'emails.value' => '',
+            'full_name_search' => (string) $this->full_name_search,
         ];
+
+        return $columns;
     }
 
     public function phones(): HasMany
@@ -144,4 +157,43 @@ protected static function generateUniqueNu(): string
 
         return $nu;
     }
+
+    protected static function buildFullNameSearchPayload(?string $firstName, ?string $lastName, ?string $fullName): string
+    {
+        $segments = collect([
+            static::joinNameParts($firstName, $lastName),
+            static::joinNameParts($lastName, $firstName),
+            $fullName,
+        ])->filter();
+
+        if ($segments->isEmpty()) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        return $segments
+            ->map(fn (string $segment): string => static::normalizeSegment($segment))
+            ->filter()
+            ->unique()
+            ->implode(' ');
+    }
+
+    protected static function joinNameParts(?string $first, ?string $second): ?string
+    {
+        $parts = collect([$first, $second])->filter(fn ($value) => filled($value));
+
+        if ($parts->isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $parts->implode(' ');
+    }
+
+    protected static function normalizeSegment(?string $value): ?string
+    {
+        if (blank($value)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return (string) Str::of($value)->squish()->lower();
+    }
 }

database/migrations/2025_12_02_000000_add_full_name_search_columns_to_person_table.php

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('person', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->text('full_name_search')->nullable();
+        });
+
+        $this->backfillSearchColumn();
+
+        if ($this->isPostgres()) {
+            DB::statement(<<<'SQL'
+                ALTER TABLE person
+                ADD COLUMN full_name_search_vector tsvector
+                GENERATED ALWAYS AS (to_tsvector('simple', coalesce(full_name_search, '')))
+                STORED
+            SQL);
+
+            DB::statement('CREATE INDEX person_full_name_search_vector_idx ON person USING GIN (full_name_search_vector)');
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        if ($this->isPostgres()) {
+            DB::statement('DROP INDEX IF EXISTS person_full_name_search_vector_idx');
+            DB::statement('ALTER TABLE person DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS full_name_search_vector');
+        }
+
+        Schema::table('person', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('full_name_search');
+        });
+    }
+
+    private function backfillSearchColumn(): void
+    {
+        DB::table('person')
+            ->select('id', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'full_name')
+            ->lazyById()
+            ->each(function ($row): void {
+                DB::table('person')
+                    ->where('id', $row->id)
+                    ->update(['full_name_search' => $this->buildSearchValue($row)]);
+            });
+    }
+
+    private function buildSearchValue(object $row): string
+    {
+        $segments = array_filter([
+            $this->joinParts($row->first_name ?? null, $row->last_name ?? null),
+            $this->joinParts($row->last_name ?? null, $row->first_name ?? null),
+            $row->full_name ?? null,
+        ]);
+
+        if (empty($segments)) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        $normalized = array_unique(array_map(function (string $value): string {
+            $collapsed = preg_replace('/\s+/u', ' ', trim($value)) ?: '';
+
+            return mb_strtolower($collapsed);
+        }, $segments));
+
+        return trim(implode(' ', array_filter($normalized)));
+    }
+
+    private function joinParts(?string $first, ?string $second): ?string
+    {
+        $parts = array_filter([$first, $second], fn ($part) => filled($part));
+
+        if (empty($parts)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return trim(implode(' ', $parts));
+    }
+
+    private function isPostgres(): bool
+    {
+        return DB::connection()->getDriverName() === 'pgsql';
+    }
+};

tests/Feature/PersonSearchTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Models\Person\Person;
+
+it('finds a person when the query uses the inverted name order', function (): void {
+    config()->set('scout.driver', 'collection');
+
+    $person = Person::factory()->create([
+        'first_name' => 'John',
+        'last_name' => 'Dou',
+        'full_name' => 'Dou John',
+    ]);
+
+    $results = Person::search('John Dou')->get();
+
+    expect($results)->toHaveCount(1)
+        ->and($results->first()->is($person))->toBeTrue();
+});