Issues with configureFilters and setSearchFields when using michaeldegroot/doctrine-encrypt-bundle

[eduridgebotswana]

Hi,

I’m encountering an issue while using EasyAdmin in combination with the michaeldegroot/doctrine-encrypt-bundle to encrypt database fields.

I’ve encrypted certain fields (e.g., firstName, lastName) in my entity using the michaeldegroot/doctrine-encrypt-bundle.
However, when I try to set filters using configureFilters or search fields using setSearchFields in EasyAdmin, they do not seem to work with the encrypted fields.

// In the EasyAdmin Controller
public function configureFilters(Filters $filters): Filters
{
    return $filters
        ->add('firstName')
        ->add('lastName');
}

public function configureCrud(Crud $crud): Crud
{
    return $crud
        ->setSearchFields(['firstName', 'lastName']);
}

I expect to be able to filter and search through these fields, but since they are encrypted, neither filtering nor searching seems to work.

Is there a way to make EasyAdmin work with encrypted fields, especially for filtering and searching? If anyone has experience with this specific use case or knows a workaround, I would appreciate any guidance.