feature Support association path filters with automatic joins

[makraz]

• Implement association-aware JOIN creation for filters when using dotted relationship.property paths.
• Update Boolean, Null, Choice, Comparison, Array, and Entity filters to apply conditions on joined aliases while preserving behavior for non-association properties.
• Ensure collection-valued associations and NULL/NOT NULL comparisons handle joins consistently across filters.

Demo:

Screen.Recording.2025-12-15.at.01.15.23.mov

[KDederichs]

Oh just saw this... do you know if that fixes #7298 by chance?
From looking at the code I'd say it probably has the same issue with embeds still but not sure

[makraz]

Oh just saw this... do you know if that fixes #7298 by chance? From looking at the code I'd say it probably has the same issue with embeds still but not sure

I think yes, I create a demo here: https://github.com/makraz/easyadmin-association-filter

[KDederichs]

ah I looked at the example, you'd need to configure the book to search on the author's address to test that bug.

Like ->setSearchFields(['author.address.street']); in the book controller

[makraz]

ah I looked at the example, you'd need to configure the book to search on the author's address to test that bug.

Like ->setSearchFields(['author.address.street']); in the book controller

i created a new PR #7300 to add the embeddable properties support for associations

[KDederichs]

@makraz Just FYI:
This doesn't seem to work with the entity filter.
I patched the PR to our Backend and tried adding an Entity filter on a nested filter: EntityFiler::new('foo.bar')->autocomplete() where both foo and bar are associations.

It'll throw An error has occurred resolving the options of the form "Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Form\Type\EntityType": The required option "class" is missing. when you open the filter modal

Edit: looks like it's not running the EntityConfigurator since it's jumping out here:

        if (!$entityDto->getClassMetadata()->hasAssociation($propertyName)) {
            return;
        }

If you set the class yourself

                    ->setFormTypeOption('value_type_options.class', Bar::class)

it works-ish but doesn't run the configurator

[Seb33300]

Automatic joins are already implemented in search and it also supports doctrine embeddedables.
It would be nice if the logic could be extracted from search and reused in both search and filters instead of adding a new implementation.

EasyAdminBundle/src/Orm/EntityRepository.php

Lines 267 to 300 in 640e870

	foreach ($searchableProperties as $searchableProperty) {
	// support arbitrarily nested associations (e.g. foo.bar.baz.qux)
	$associatedProperties = explode('.', $searchableProperty);
	$numAssociatedProperties = \count($associatedProperties);
	$parentEntityDto = $entityDto;
	$parentEntityAlias = 'entity';
	$fullPropertyName = $parentPropertyName = $associatedPropertyName = '';
	for ($i = 0; $i < $numAssociatedProperties; ++$i) {
	$associatedPropertyName = $associatedProperties[$i];
	$fullPropertyName = trim($fullPropertyName.'.'.$associatedPropertyName, '.');
	if ($this->isAssociation($parentEntityDto, $associatedPropertyName)) {
	if ($i === $numAssociatedProperties - 1) {
	throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The "%s" property included in the setSearchFields() method is not a valid search field. When using associated properties in search, you must also define the exact field used in the search (e.g. \'%s.id\', \'%s.name\', etc.)', $searchableProperty, $searchableProperty, $searchableProperty));
	}
	$associatedEntityDto = $this->entityFactory->create($parentEntityDto->getClassMetadata()->getAssociationTargetClass($associatedPropertyName));
	if (!isset($entitiesAlreadyJoined[$fullPropertyName])) {
	$aliasIndex = \count($entitiesAlreadyJoined);
	$entitiesAlreadyJoined[$fullPropertyName] ??= Escaper::escapeDqlAlias($associatedPropertyName.(0 === $aliasIndex ? '' : $aliasIndex));
	$queryBuilder->leftJoin(Escaper::escapeDqlAlias($parentEntityAlias).'.'.$associatedPropertyName, $entitiesAlreadyJoined[$fullPropertyName]);
	}
	$parentEntityDto = $associatedEntityDto;
	$parentEntityAlias = $entitiesAlreadyJoined[$fullPropertyName];
	$parentPropertyName = '';
	} else {
	// Normal & Embedded class properties
	$associatedPropertyName = $parentPropertyName = trim($parentPropertyName.'.'.$associatedPropertyName, '.');
	}
	}

[Seb33300]

Automatic joins are already implemented in search and it also supports doctrine embeddedables. It would be nice if the logic could be extracted from search and reused in both search and filters instead of adding a new implementation.

Just created a PR: #7500