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# MultiSearch

Meilisearch's multi-index search support for Laravel.

Since Meilisearch 1.0 releases this MultiSearch feature Laravel Scout doesn't support out of the box, this feature adds support to transform multiple type of search results into its [Eloquent models](https://laravel.com/docs/eloquent) in a [Laravel Collection](https://laravel.com/docs/collections).

### Usage

To get search results in a controller see the example below.

```php
<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use OpenSoutheners\LaravelScoutAdvancedMeilisearch\MultiSearch;
use App\Models\Film;
use App\Models\Serie;

class SearchController extends Controller
{
    public function __invoke(Request $request)
    {
        return app(MultiSearch::class)
            ->by(Film::class, $request->q)
            ->by(Serie::class, $request->q)
            ->search();
    }
}
```

### Usage with globally searchable models

This can also be used with a single search query to be performed to all models marked as globally searchable using the [Model attribute](/oss/laravel-scout-advanced-meilisearch/index-settings.md).

<pre class="language-php"><code class="lang-php">&#x3C;?php

namespace App\Models;

use Laravel\Scout\Searchable;
use OpenSoutheners\LaravelScoutAdvancedMeilisearch\Attributes\ScoutSearchableSettings;

#[ScoutSearchableSettings(searchable: ['title', 'description'], <a data-footnote-ref href="#user-content-fn-1">globallySearchable: true</a>)]
class Film extends Model
{
    use Searchable;
    
    // Model logic...
}
</code></pre>

After adding the `globallySearchable` parameter on all the relevant models the controller should now look like this:

```php
<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use OpenSoutheners\LaravelScoutAdvancedMeilisearch\MultiSearch;

class SearchController extends Controller
{
    public function __invoke(Request $request)
    {
        return app(MultiSearch::class)->search($request->input("q", ""));
    }
}
```

This query will be performed to all the models with the `globallySearchable` on the attribute.

[^1]: Important attribute parameter


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