Show only Followed users post using laravel eloquent relationship - php

Question

I have 3 model User, Follow, and Post
and these relations are like:
User model:
public function userPosts()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Model\User\Post');
}
public function follows()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Model\User\Follow','user_id');
}
public function fans()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Model\User\Follow','follow_id');
}
Post Model
public function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
Follow Model
public function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
public function user_follow()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\User','follow_id');
}
Every post belong to some user. and I have a follow list where user have there following user. in follow model there are 2 columns, user_id the user whom follow and follow_id who follow the user.
now I want to show the post in newsfeed there I want to show the post of user I followed and my post only.
How can I show them with Laravel eloquent relationship
I am using Laravel 7.2

Answer 1

Post::where(function ($query) {
//generating followers and own user_id array
$followers = Follow::where('user_id', Auth::user()->id)->get();
$followers_and_me = [];
array_push($followers_and_me, Auth::user()->id);
foreach ($followers as $item) {
array_push($followers_and_me, $item->follow_id);
}
//query for specific posts
for ($i =0; $i<count($followers_and_me); $i++) {
$query->orWhere('user_id', $followers_and_me[$i]);
}
})->orderBy('id', 'desc')->paginate(5);
Try this one