Laravel: Model common utility trait

app\Concerns\ModelConcern.php

<?php

namespace App\Concerns;

use DB;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
use Schema;

/**
 * Trait ModelConcern
 * @method void|static search($query)
 */
trait ModelConcern
{
    public function persist($data, $save = true)
    {
        foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
            $this->$key = $value;
        }

        if ($save) {
            $this->save();
        }

        return $this;
    }

    public function scopeSearch(Builder $query, $s): mixed
    {
        if (blank($s)) {
            return $query;
        }
        
        $column = $this->search_fields 
            ? $this->search_fields
            : Schema::getColumnListing($this->getTable());
      
        foreach ($column as $key => $c) {
            if (is_array($c)) {
                $relation = $c;
                $query->orWhereHas($c[0], function ($q) use ($relation, $s) {
                    foreach ($relation[1] as $key => $column) {
                        if ($column === 'full_name') {
                            $column = DB::raw('CONCAT(first_name," ",last_name)');

                            $q->where($column, 'LIKE', '%'.$s.'%');
                        } else {
                            $method = $key ? 'orWhere' : 'where';
                            
                            $q->{$method}($column, 'LIKE', "%{$s}%");
                        }
                    }
                });
            } else {
                $method = $key ? 'orWhere' : 'where';

                if ($c === 'full_name') {
                    $c = DB::raw('CONCAT(first_name," ",last_name)');
                }

                $query->{$method}($c, 'LIKE', "%{$s}%");
            }
        }

        return $query;
    }

    public function scopeActive($q, $s)
    {
        if (! is_null($s) && $s == '1' || $s == '0') {
            $q->where('active', $s);
        }

        return $q;
    }

    public function scopeSort($q, $orderBy, $orderDirection)
    {
        return $q->orderBy($orderBy, $orderDirection);
    }

    public function scopeFindByArgs($q, $args)
    {
        if (is_array($args) && count($args)) {
            foreach ($args as $column => $value) {
                $q->where($column, $value);
            }
        }
    }

    public function scopeFilterByParentID($query, $parentId)
    {
        $query->where('parent_id', $parentId);
    }
}