app/Http/Controllers/api/BylawApiController.php

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use App\Models\BylawNode;
 use App\Models\BylawCodificationLink;
 use App\Traits\BaseApiResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 class BylawApiController extends Controller
 {
@@ -309,13 +310,18 @@ class BylawApiController extends Controller
 
         $description = $item->description;
 
-        // Direct Query Fallback: If description is empty, fetch node_content manually
-        if (empty($description)) {
-            $description = BylawNode::where('document_id', $item->id)
+        // Check if description is practically empty (null, empty string, or just empty WYSIWYG HTML like <p></p>)
+        $cleanDesc = trim(strip_tags($description ?? ''));
+
+        // Direct Query Fallback: Fetch node_content manually via DB facade to bypass any Model restrictions
+        if (empty($cleanDesc)) {
+            $nodeContents = DB::table('bylaw_nodes')
+                ->where('document_id', $item->id)
                 ->orderBy('sort_order', 'asc')
                 ->pluck('node_content')
-                ->filter()
-                ->implode("\n\n");
+                ->toArray();
+
+            $description = implode("\n\n", array_filter($nodeContents));
         }
 
         return [

app/Http/Controllers/api/GlobalSearchApiController.php

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use App\Models\Art;
 use App\Models\Book;
 use App\Models\Branch;
 use App\Models\BylawDocument;
-use App\Models\BylawNode;
 use App\Models\Chapter;
 use App\Models\Division;
 use App\Models\Gate;
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ use App\Models\Volum;
 use App\Traits\BaseApiResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
 {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
             $limitPerTable = 100; // Performance safeguard
 
             // 1. Search Bylaw Documents
-            $bylaws = BylawDocument::with(['category', 'approvalAuthority', 'promulgationAuthority', 'nodes'])
+            $bylaws = BylawDocument::with(['category', 'approvalAuthority', 'promulgationAuthority'])
                 ->where('is_published', true)
                 ->where(function ($q) use ($searchTerm) {
                     $q->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
                 });
             $results = $results->merge($opinions);
 
-            // 4. Search Arts (Deep Relational Search & Eager Loading)
-            $arts = Art::with(['law.category', 'chapter', 'part', 'volum', 'book', 'section', 'gate', 'division', 'branch'])
+            // 4. Search Arts
+            $arts = Art::with(['law.category', 'chapter', 'part', 'volum', 'book', 'section', 'gate'])
                 ->where(function ($q) use ($searchTerm) {
                     $q->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
                         ->orWhere('text', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
         if (!empty($searchTerm)) {
 
             // 1. Bylaw Documents
-            $bylawQuery = BylawDocument::with(['category', 'approvalAuthority', 'promulgationAuthority', 'nodes'])
+            $bylawQuery = BylawDocument::with(['category', 'approvalAuthority', 'promulgationAuthority'])
                 ->where('is_published', true)
                 ->where(function ($q) use ($searchTerm) {
                     $q->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
             $results = $results->merge($opinions);
 
             // 4. Search Arts
-            $artQuery = Art::with(['law.category', 'chapter', 'part', 'volum', 'book', 'section', 'gate', 'division', 'branch'])
+            $artQuery = Art::with(['law.category', 'chapter', 'part', 'volum', 'book', 'section', 'gate'])
                 ->where(function ($q) use ($searchTerm) {
                     $q->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
                         ->orWhere('text', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
@@ -321,8 +321,19 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
         $isLocked = $this->isLockedForCurrentUserGeneric($item);
 
         $description = $item->description;
-        if (empty($description) && $item->relationLoaded('nodes')) {
-            $description = $item->nodes->pluck('node_content')->filter()->implode("\n\n");
+
+        // Check if description is practically empty (null, empty string, or just empty WYSIWYG HTML like <p></p>)
+        $cleanDesc = trim(strip_tags($description ?? ''));
+
+        // Direct Query Fallback: Fetch node_content manually via DB facade to bypass any Model restrictions
+        if (empty($cleanDesc)) {
+            $nodeContents = DB::table('bylaw_nodes')
+                ->where('document_id', $item->id)
+                ->orderBy('sort_order', 'asc')
+                ->pluck('node_content')
+                ->toArray();
+
+            $description = implode("\n\n", array_filter($nodeContents));
         }
 
         return [
@@ -446,7 +457,6 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
             'number'    => $item->number,
             'is_locked' => $isLocked,
             'route'     => array_values($this->route($modelClass, $item)),
-            // Keep law payload explicitly as an object to prevent DTO parsing errors
             'law'       => $law ? [
                 'id' => $law->id,
                 'title' => $law->title,
@@ -464,18 +474,17 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
 
     private function route($modelClass, $query)
     {
-        // Now safely uses eager loaded relations if they exist!
         if ((new $modelClass)->getTable() == 'art') {
             $route = array_filter([
-                $query->law->title ?? Law::find($query->law_id)?->title,
-                $query->volum->title ?? Volum::find($query->volum_id)?->title,
-                $query->book->title ?? Book::find($query->book_id)?->title,
-                $query->division->title ?? Division::find($query->division_id)?->title,
-                $query->section->title ?? Section::find($query->section_id)?->title,
-                $query->chapter->title ?? Chapter::find($query->chapter_id)?->title,
-                $query->part->title ?? Part::find($query->part_id)?->title,
-                $query->gate->title ?? Gate::find($query->gate_id)?->title,
-                $query->branch->title ?? Branch::find($query->branch_id)?->title,
+                $query->relationLoaded('law') ? $query->law?->title : Law::find($query->law_id)?->title,
+                $query->relationLoaded('volum') ? $query->volum?->title : Volum::find($query->volum_id)?->title,
+                $query->relationLoaded('book') ? $query->book?->title : Book::find($query->book_id)?->title,
+                Division::find($query->division_id)?->title,
+                $query->relationLoaded('section') ? $query->section?->title : Section::find($query->section_id)?->title,
+                $query->relationLoaded('chapter') ? $query->chapter?->title : Chapter::find($query->chapter_id)?->title,
+                $query->relationLoaded('part') ? $query->part?->title : Part::find($query->part_id)?->title,
+                $query->relationLoaded('gate') ? $query->gate?->title : Gate::find($query->gate_id)?->title,
+                Branch::find($query->branch_id)?->title,
             ]);
             return array_values($route);
         }