update on searching for community stores

Author: Cybrarist

app/Filament/Forms/CommunityStoresForm.php

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ public static function configure()
                                 ->options(array_combine(range('A', 'Z'), range('A', 'Z')))
                                 ->default(-1)
                                 ->inline()
-                                ->required()
                                 ->reactive(),
 
                             // Visual store selection using image checkboxes

app/Helpers/StoreHelper.php

@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ public static function search_community_stores($search, $letter): array
     {
 
         // validate that search is not empty and only english alphabetic characters
-        if ((blank($search) || ! preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z]+$/', $search)) && blank($letter)) return [];
+        if (blank($search) && (blank($letter) || $letter == "-1")) return [];
 
-        $to_search = strtolower($search ?? $letter);
+        if (strlen($search) > 1)
+            $letter = substr($search, 0, 1);
 
-        if ($to_search == '-1') return [];
 
         // check the github repo for the first letter of the search
         $github_link = config('settings.github_community_store_repo');
 
-        $stores_available = Http::get($github_link.$to_search)
+        $stores_available = Http::get($github_link. strtolower($letter))
             ->json();
 
         if (array_key_exists('message', $stores_available)) {
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public static function search_community_stores($search, $letter): array
             return [];
         }
 
+        // filter store by search
+        if (strlen($search) > 1) {
+            $stores_available = array_filter($stores_available, fn ($store) => Str::contains($store['name'], $search, true));
+        }
+
         $formatted_stores = array_map(fn ($store) => [
             'name' => $store['name'],
             'image' => config('settings.github_community_store_gist_base').$store['path'].'/logo.png',