Laravel belongsToMany retrieve more then one row - php

Question

So im creating a booking system where you can create maps and assign them to an event. I have 3 tables to handle this, events, maps, and event_maps
I have after reading the Laravel Documentation i decided to set up a belongsToMany relation.
But when i try to retrieve my maps thru my event model i only get one the first row.
in my controller i do
public function displayForm($id)
{
$event = EventModel::find($id);
print_r($event->maps);
}
The result is a Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection Object with the last out of 2 maps, and i can't for my life figger out how to get them all.
My EventsModel
public function maps()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Models\Booky\MapsModel',
// Table name of the relationship's joining table.
'event_maps',
// Foreign key name of the model on which you are defining the relationship
'map_id',
// Foreign key name of the model that you are joining to
'event_id'
);
}
My MapsModel
public function event()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Models\Booky\EventsModel',
// Table name of the relationship's joining table.
'event_maps',
// Foreign key name of the model on which you are defining the relationship
'event_id',
// Foreign key name of the model that you are joining to
'map_id'
);
}
The database looks something like this
events
- id
- lots of irrelevant data
maps
- id
- lots of irrelevant data
event_maps
- id
- event_id
- map_id
I was thinking that perhaps i should use another relation type, but as far as i understand they don't use a relation table like event_maps.
Everything else work as expected.
Anyone who could clear up this mess? :)

Answer 1

The ids are inverted in the relation. Try this:
public function maps()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Models\Booky\MapsModel',
// Table name of the relationship's joining table.
'event_maps',
// Foreign key name of the model that you are joining to
'event_id'
// Foreign key name of the model on which you are defining the relationship
'map_id',
);
}
And:
public function event()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Models\Booky\EventsModel',
// Table name of the relationship's joining table.
'event_maps',
// Foreign key name of the model that you are joining to
'map_id'
// Foreign key name of the model on which you are defining the relationship
'event_id',
);
}