Cleaned up some code and added a small feature for transaction views.

app/controllers/TransactionController.php

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Firefly\Storage\TransactionJournal\TransactionJournalRepositoryInterface as TJRI;
 
 /**
@@ -149,9 +150,22 @@ class TransactionController extends BaseController
      */
     public function index()
     {
+        $start = is_null(Input::get('startdate')) ? null : new Carbon(Input::get('startdate'));
+        $end = is_null(Input::get('enddate')) ? null : new Carbon(Input::get('enddate'));
+        if ($start <= $end && !is_null($start) && !is_null($end)) {
+            $journals = $this->_repository->paginate(25, $start, $end);
+            $filtered = true;
+            $filters = ['start' => $start, 'end' => $end];
+        } else {
             $journals = $this->_repository->paginate(25);
+            $filtered = false;
+            $filters = null;
+        }
 
-        return View::make('transactions.index')->with('journals', $journals);
+
+        return View::make('transactions.index')->with('journals', $journals)->with('filtered', $filtered)->with(
+            'filters', $filters
+        );
     }
 
     /**

app/lib/Firefly/Helper/Controllers/Budget.php

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class Budget implements BudgetInterface
         foreach ($budgets as $budget) {
             foreach ($budget->limits as $limit) {
 
+                /** @var \LimitRepetition $rep */
                 foreach ($limit->limitrepetitions as $rep) {
                     $periodOrder = $rep->periodOrder();
                     $period = $rep->periodShow();
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ class Budget implements BudgetInterface
                         ? $return[$periodOrder]
                         : ['date'       => $period,
                            'dateObject' => $rep->startdate,
+                           'start'      => $rep->startdate,
+                           'end'        => $rep->enddate,
                            'budget_id'  => $limit->budget_id];
 
                 }
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ class Budget implements BudgetInterface
     /**
      * @param \Budget $budget
      * @param bool    $useSessionDates
+     *
      * @return array|mixed
      * @throws \Firefly\Exception\FireflyException
      */
@@ -105,8 +109,9 @@ class Budget implements BudgetInterface
 
         // get the limits:
         if ($useSessionDates) {
-            $limits = $budget->limits()->where('startdate', '>=', $sessionStart->format('Y-m-d'))->
-            where('startdate', '<=', $sessionEnd->format('Y-m-d'))->get();
+            $limits = $budget->limits()->where('startdate', '>=', $sessionStart->format('Y-m-d'))->where(
+                    'startdate', '<=', $sessionEnd->format('Y-m-d')
+                )->get();
         } else {
             $limits = $budget->limits;
         }

app/lib/Firefly/Storage/TransactionJournal/EloquentTransactionJournalRepository.php

@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ class EloquentTransactionJournalRepository implements TransactionJournalReposito
         $fromTransaction->description = null;
         $fromTransaction->amount = $amountFrom;
         if (!$fromTransaction->validate()) {
-            throw new FireflyException('Cannot create valid transaction (from): ' . $fromTransaction->errors()->first());
+            throw new FireflyException('Cannot create valid transaction (from): ' . $fromTransaction->errors()->first(
+            ));
         }
         $fromTransaction->save();
 
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ class EloquentTransactionJournalRepository implements TransactionJournalReposito
      *
      * @return mixed
      */
-    public function paginate($count = 25)
+    public function paginate($count = 25, Carbon $start = null, Carbon $end = null)
     {
         $query = \Auth::user()->transactionjournals()->with(
             [
@@ -244,10 +245,17 @@ class EloquentTransactionJournalRepository implements TransactionJournalReposito
             ]
         )
             ->orderBy('transaction_journals.date', 'DESC')
-            ->orderBy('transaction_journals.id', 'DESC')
-            ->paginate($count);
+            ->orderBy('transaction_journals.id', 'DESC');
+        if (!is_null($start)) {
+            $query->where('transaction_journals.date', '>=', $start->format('Y-m-d'));
+        }
+        if (!is_null($end)) {
+            $query->where('transaction_journals.date', '<=', $end->format('Y-m-d'));
+        }
 
-        return $query;
+        $result = $query->paginate($count);
+
+        return $result;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -328,12 +336,17 @@ class EloquentTransactionJournalRepository implements TransactionJournalReposito
                             $connected = true;
                             $transaction->piggybank()->associate($piggyBank);
                             $transaction->save();
-                            \Event::fire('piggybanks.createRelatedTransfer', [$piggyBank, $transactionJournal, $transaction]);
+                            \Event::fire(
+                                'piggybanks.createRelatedTransfer', [$piggyBank, $transactionJournal, $transaction]
+                            );
                             break;
                         }
                     }
                     if ($connected === false) {
-                        \Session::flash('warning', 'Piggy bank "' . e($piggyBank->name) . '" is not set to draw money from any of the accounts in this transfer');
+                        \Session::flash(
+                            'warning', 'Piggy bank "' . e($piggyBank->name)
+                            . '" is not set to draw money from any of the accounts in this transfer'
+                        );
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -462,7 +475,10 @@ class EloquentTransactionJournalRepository implements TransactionJournalReposito
                             }
                         }
                         if ($connected === false) {
-                            \Session::flash('warning', 'Piggy bank "' . e($piggyBank->name) . '" is not set to draw money from any of the accounts in this transfer');
+                            \Session::flash(
+                                'warning', 'Piggy bank "' . e($piggyBank->name)
+                                . '" is not set to draw money from any of the accounts in this transfer'
+                            );
                         }
                     }
                 }

app/lib/Firefly/Storage/TransactionJournal/TransactionJournalRepositoryInterface.php

@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ interface TransactionJournalRepositoryInterface
      *
      * @return mixed
      */
-    public function paginate($count = 25);
+    public function paginate($count = 25, Carbon $start = null, Carbon $end = null);
 
 }

app/views/budgets/indexByDate.blade.php

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 @foreach($budgets as $date => $entry)
 <div class="row">
     <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12">
-        <h3><a href="#transactions-in-this-period">{{$entry['date']}}</a>
+        <h3><a href="{{route('transactions.index')}}?startdate={{$entry['start']->format('Y-m-d')}}&amp;enddate={{$entry['end']->format('Y-m-d')}}">{{$entry['date']}}</a>
              <a class="btn btn-default btn-xs" href ="{{route('budgets.limits.create')}}?startdate={{$entry['dateObject']->format('Y-m-d')}}"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus-sign"></span> Create a new envelope for {{$entry['date']}}</a>
             </h3>
         <table class="table table-bordered table-striped">

app/views/transactions/index.blade.php

@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 @extends('layouts.default')
 @section('content')
 
+
+@if($filtered === true)
+    <p class="bg-primary" style="padding:15px;">
+        This view is filtered to show only the transactions between
+        {{$filters['start']->format('M jS, Y')}} and {{$filters['end']->format('M jS, Y')}}.
+    </p>
+    <p class="bg-info" style="padding:15px;">
+        <a href="{{route('transactions.index')}}" class="text-info">Reset the filter.</a>
+    </p>
+@endif
+
+
 @include('paginated.transactions')