Concatenate two columns in list view

I would like to concatenate two columns in my list view. I want to have “firstname name”.

So i did an accesor in my model:

public function getFullNomAttribute() {
    return $this->firstname . ' ' . $this->name;
}

And in my controller:

 $this->crud->addColumn([ 
            'label' => "concatened_name", 
            'type' => "model_function",
            'function_name' => 'getFullNomAttribute',
        ]);

It’s working as long as i have the two columns defined with addColumn in my controller:

 $this->crud->addColumn([
            'name' => 'name',
            'label' => "name",
            'type' => 'text'
        ]);
        $this->crud->addColumn([
            'name' => 'firstname',
            'label' => "firstname",
            'type' => 'text'
        ]);

But i end up with three columns: firstname, name and concatened_name And if i remove the two addColumn my accesor is not working anymore… I want just concatened_name in my list.

Any idea ? Thanks!

[viktorivanov]

Here’s what you can do to make your attribute show when enableAjaxTable() is present on your CRUD:

1. Add your attribute on the model

public function getFullnameAttribute() 
{
    return $this->first_name . ' ' . $this->last_name;
}

1. Make a ‘helper’ function that will return your accessor through a fresh instance of the current entry

public function showFullname()
{
    return $this->fresh()->fullname; // make sure you call fresh instance or you'll get an error that fullname is not found or something like that...
}

1. On your CRUD controller in setUp add your column using the function from above

$this->crud->addColumn([
    'label' => 'Full name',
    'type' => 'model_function',
    'function_name' => 'showFullname'
]);

That’s it

[adbmdp]

It works!! Thank you @viktorivanov