How can I make Laravel eloquent relationship with multiple tables? - php

Question

I am trying to make 3 tables relationship like this,
users
id
name
roles
id
name
companies
id
name
company_role_user
user_id
role_id
company_id
Relationships in User.php model
public function companies() {
return $this->belongsToMany(Company::class, 'company_role_user', 'user_id', 'company_id');
}
public function roles() {
return $this->belongsToMany(Role::class, 'company_role_user', 'user_id', 'role_id');
}
public function role() {
// relationship to get role of specific company
}
Relationships in Company.php model
public function users() {
return $this->belongsToMany(User::class, 'company_role_user', 'company_id', 'user_id');
}
public function roles() {
return $this->belongsToMany(Role::class, 'company_role_user', 'company_id', 'role_id');
}
public function role() {
// relationship to get role of specific user
}
I want to get user role for specific company like this
User::find(1)->companies[0]->role->name
or
Company::find(1)->users[0]->role->name

Answer 1

If you have users
users
– id
– name
and you want them to have many to many relation with companies, you should do:
companies
– id
– name
user_companies
– user_id
– company_id
And for your roles, (many to many) you can do the same:
roles
- id
- name
user_roles
- user_id
- role_id
You are trying to make many to many 3 tables, when you should be doing it with 2 tables.
Even if you manage, it would be very complicated and confusing.
You should consider which tables should be related to roles, companies should have roles, or users should have roles, you dont need them both to have roles

Answer 2

Your schema looks correct but your model definitions/relations can use a junction/pivot model CompanyRoleUser which will relate these 3 relations as many-to-one/belongsTo and one-to-many/hasMany from Company/Role/User.
class Company extends Model
{
public function companyRoleUser()
{
return $this->hasMany(CompanyRoleUser::class, 'id', 'company_id');
}
}
class Role extends Model
{
public function companyRoleUser()
{
return $this->hasMany(CompanyRoleUser::class, 'id', 'role_id');
}
}
class User extends Model
{
public function companyRoleUser()
{
return $this->hasMany(CompanyRoleUser::class, 'id', 'user_id');
}
}
class CompanyRoleUser extends Model
{
public function company()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Discipline::class, 'id', 'company_id');
}
public function role()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Speciality::class, 'id', 'role_id');
}
public function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo(User::class ,'id','user_id');
}
}
Now you can apply different type of filters for your data like
Fetch users for company A id = 1 with admin role id = 2
User::whereHas('companyRoleUser.company', function ($query) use ($company_id) {
$query->where('id', $company_id);
})->whereHas('companyRoleUser.role', function ($query) use ($role_id) {
$query->where('id', $role_id);
});
Or
User::whereHas('companyRoleUser', function ($query) use ($company_id) {
$query->where('company_id', $company_id)
->where('role_id', $role_id);
});
Fetch companies with $user_id and $role_id
Company::whereHas('companyRoleUser', function ($query) use ($user_id) {
$query->where('user_id', $user_id)
->where('role_id', $role_id);
});