From 7d41c582fbe0951f4b5bdbd4af82d9c54a5022d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amy Westlake <amy.westlake@bfi.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:09:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add string replace to make searching flexible for spaces and
 hyphens

---
 src/Components/Modals/CuratorPanel.php | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Components/Modals/CuratorPanel.php b/src/Components/Modals/CuratorPanel.php
index e5964df..7772572 100644
--- a/src/Components/Modals/CuratorPanel.php
+++ b/src/Components/Modals/CuratorPanel.php
@@ -305,16 +305,18 @@ public function removeFromFiles(int | string $id): void
 
     public function updatedSearch(): void
     {
+        $flexibleSearch = str_replace([' ', '-', '_'], '%', $this->search);
+
         $this->files = $this->mediaClass
             ->query()
             ->when($this->isLimitedToDirectory, function ($query) {
                 return $query->where('directory', $this->directory);
             })
-            ->where('name', 'like', '%' . $this->search . '%')
-            ->orWhere('title', 'like', '%' . $this->search . '%')
-            ->orWhere('alt', 'like', '%' . $this->search . '%')
-            ->orWhere('caption', 'like', '%' . $this->search . '%')
-            ->orWhere('description', 'like', '%' . $this->search . '%')
+            ->where('name', 'like', '%' . $flexibleSearch . '%')
+            ->orWhere('title', 'like', '%' . $flexibleSearch . '%')
+            ->orWhere('alt', 'like', '%' . $flexibleSearch . '%')
+            ->orWhere('caption', 'like', '%' . $flexibleSearch . '%')
+            ->orWhere('description', 'like', '%' . $flexibleSearch . '%')
             ->limit(50)
             ->get()
             ->toArray();