Get name instead of ID one to one relationship - php

Question

I have a make table and post table. Make table saves make names as make_code and make_name.
Post table has a column make. While saving a post, it will save make in make_code.
While displaying in blade, I want it to display as make_name. How can I do it?
Currently {{$post->make}} gives me make_code. I need it to show make_name.
I think its a one-to-one relationship that's needed. I tried putting it in model but did not work. How can I achieve it?
MAKE MODEL
class Make extends Model
{
public function make()
{
return $this->belongsTo(App\Post::class);
}
}
POST MODEL:
class Post extends Model
{
protected $table = 'posts';
}

Answer 1

Update
As Tim Lewis noticed:
the relationships can't be named make, as that's a conflict.
Assuming that the your relationship work like this:
a Make has many Post
a Post belongs to a Make object.
| Note: Correct me if I'm wrong.
So, if this is correct, you should define your relationships like this:
Post.php
public function make_rel()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Make::class, 'make', 'make_code');
}
Make.php
public function posts()
{
return $this->hasMany(Post::class, 'make', 'make_code');
}
Check the One-to-Many and One-to-Many (Inverse) relationship sections of the documentation.
So, you could do in your controller (or wherever you want):
$post = Post::find(1);
dd($post->make_rel->make_name); // 'Harley Davidson'
Additionally, you could create a computed property as a shorcout to access this related property in your Post model:
Post.php
// ...
public function getMakeNameAttribute()
{
return $this->make_rel->make_name;
}
Now, you can access it like this:
$post = Post::find(1);
dd($post->make_name); // 'Harley Davidson'
Suggestion
As a suggestion, I strongly advice you to change your foreign key column from make to make_id (in your 'posts' table) to avoid conflicts. Also, you could relate the post to the make primmary key instead of a custom key given the fact that this link is almost invisible and it is handled by Laravel. This would speed up the execution of the query because primmary id's are indexed by default.