Laravel eloquent return both where conditions - php

Question

Hello I have a table ideas and I want to return the rows where the user_id = with the authenticated user id plus the rows where category_id = lets suppose is array [1, 2, 3].
Disclaimer: i want both of the conditions to be returned!

Answer 1

Seems like that:
i think that your table ideas and model Idea associated with this have the next structure:
id, user_id, category_id and some other fields...
To get Authenticated user you can do Auth::user();
So, you can do something like this:
$categoryIds = [1, 2, 3];
$authUserId = Auth::user()->id;
$ideas = Idea::where('user_id', $authUserId)->whereIn('category_id', $categoryIds)->get();
If you need relations to be extracted with the query you can add with statement:
$ideas = Idea::with('categories')->where('user_id', $authUserId)->whereIn('category_id', $categoryIds)->get();
ofc, you need to set realtions in your models
Also you can set relation in user model and get records associated with the user:
User.php
public function ideas() {
return $this->hasMany('App\Idea');
}
somewhere in code:
$categoryIds = [1, 2, 3];
Auth()->user()->ideas()->whereIn('category_id', $categoryIds)->get();
UPDATE:
To do some form of join you can use this:
$userIdeas = Idea::where('user_id', Auth::user()->id)->get();
$categoryIds = [1, 2, 3];
$categoryIdeas = Idea::where('user_id', '<>', Auth::user()->id)->whereId('category_id', $categoryIds)->get();
$mergedIdeas = $userIdeas->merge($categoryIdeas);
AND AT LAST. To do it in one query:
$userId = Auth::user()->id;
$categoryIds = [1, 2, 3];
$ideas = Idea::where('user_id', $userId)->orWhere(function($query) use ($categoryIds) {
$query->where('user_id', '<>', $userId)->whereIn('category_id', $categoryIds);
})->get();

Answer 2

Im having a bit of a problem knowing what you want but
If you want the results for authenticated users id and category ids you could
$category_ids = [1, 2, 3];
$model->where('category_id', auth()->user->id)->whereIn('user_id', $ids)->get();
If you want the results for either the authenticated user or where the category_ids is in the array you could
$category_ids = [1,2,3];
$model->orWhere(function($q) use($category_ids) {
$q->where('category_id', auth()->user->id);
$q->whereIn('user_id', $category_ids);
})->get();
Note that this will break if the user is not authed, but I leave that to you to do.