From 589bf47eff909c68d332947ba4ec15d5f6002289 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Burchett <matt@mattburchett.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 08:39:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Sorting the dropdown list by name.

---
 app/Http/Controllers/ShipsController.php | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ShipsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ShipsController.php
index 5d5ace6..5b0c2d8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ShipsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ShipsController.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Models\EliteShips;
 use App\Models\Ships;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
@@ -14,7 +15,12 @@ class ShipsController extends Controller
     public function index(){
         $ships = \App\Models\Ships::sortable()->paginate(10);
         $eliteShips = EliteShips::all();
-        return view('ships.index', ['ships'=>$ships,'eliteShips'=>$eliteShips]);
+        $sortedEliteShips = Arr::sort($eliteShips, function($eliteShip)
+        {
+            // Sort ships by their name.
+            return $eliteShip->shipName;
+        });
+        return view('ships.index', ['ships'=>$ships,'eliteShips'=>$sortedEliteShips]);
     }
 
     public function add(Request $request){