A relation between 3 tables Laravel - php

Question

I'm trying to create an API resource, where I can view a response build from three tables.
Store
Orders
Purchases
Currently, I can go to a store (there are multiple stores) using routes (api/store/orders) and view the orders in a JSON response.
response
{
data: [
{
id: 1,
code: "1f",
status: "waiting",
user_name: "Salman",
created_at: "",
updated_at: ""
},
{
id: 2,
code: "2f",
status: "waiting",
user_name: "Jerome",
created_at: "",
updated_at: ""
}
]
}
However, when I try to add my purchases to the response with:
namespace App\Http\Resources;
use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;
class Orderresource extends JsonResource
{
public function toArray($request)
{
return [
'id' => $this->id,
'code' => $this->code,
'status' => $this->status,
'user_name' => $this->user_name,
// Added purchases
'order' => $this->purchases,
'created_at' => (string) $this->created_at,
'updated_at' => (string) $this->updated_at,
];
}
}
I get met with an error response Undefined property: stdClass::$purchases
Now I've added purchases to my order model with:
public function purchases()
{
return $this->hasMany(Purchase::class);
}
However, I know that the order may lie with my show_order_per_store.
function in my OrderController
public function show_order_per_club($id)
{
$order = DB::table('orders')->where('store_id', '=', $id)->get();
return Orderresource::collection($order);
}
Now, this function gets all orders with similar stores, but how do I add the purchases to the stores API response?
In short, I'm trying to get an API response per store with the orders it has, and the purchases belong to that order.

Answer 1

Instead of using DB:table for querying, try using the model directly:
Order::where('store_id', '=', $id)->get();
Seems DB:table returns stdClass objects, so it lacks all the virtual attributes that a model might provide.