Sorting tags

Whenever a tag is created its order_column will be set the highest value in that column + 1

Under the hood spatie/eloquent-sortable is used, so you can use any model provided by that package. Here are some examples:

//get all tags sorted on `order_column`
$orderedTags = Tag::ordered()->get(); 

//set a new order entirely
Tag::setNewOrder($arrayWithTagIds);

$myModel->moveOrderUp();
$myModel->moveOrderDown();

//let's grab a Tag instance
$tag = $orderedTags->first();

//move the tag to the first or last position
$tag->moveToStart();
$tag->moveToEnd();

$tag->swapOrder($anotherTag);

Of course you can also manually change the value of the order_column.

$tag->order_column = 10;
$tag->save();