add whereNotInOrder() to repository

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/PirepController.php

@@ -190,9 +190,7 @@ class PirepController extends Controller
         $this->pirepRepo->pushCriteria($criterea);
 
         $pireps = $this->pirepRepo
-            ->findWhere(['status', '!=', PirepState::CANCELLED])
-            ->findWhere(['status', '!=', PirepState::DRAFT])
-            ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
+            ->whereNotInOrder('status', [PirepState::CANCELLED, PirepState::DRAFT], 'created_at', 'desc')
             ->paginate();
 
         return view('admin.pireps.index', [

app/Interfaces/Repository.php

@@ -76,4 +76,29 @@ abstract class Repository extends \Prettus\Repository\Eloquent\BaseRepository
             return $q;
         });
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Find records with a WHERE clause but also sort them
+     * @param string $col
+     * @param array  $values
+     * @param string $sort_by
+     * @param string $order_by
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function whereNotInOrder($col, $values, $sort_by, $order_by = 'asc')
+    {
+        return $this->scopeQuery(function ($query) use ($col, $values, $sort_by, $order_by) {
+            $q = $query->whereNotIn($col, $values);
+            # See if there are multi-column sorts
+            if (\is_array($sort_by)) {
+                foreach ($sort_by as $key => $sort) {
+                    $q = $q->orderBy($key, $sort);
+                }
+            } else {
+                $q = $q->orderBy($sort_by, $order_by);
+            }
+
+            return $q;
+        });
+    }
 }