Laravel Model without a Database? - php

Question

I'm developing a system in which i have different roles for accesing. The role is present in the Users table as an integer value.
I've created a model called roles and in this model i dont need a database connection or a table. I did set some constant values representing roles matching the role field in the user table.
So what's the problem ? It seems that i can't have relations with the roles model if this hasn't a table associated in the database.
This is my roles model:
class Roles extends Model {
const ROL_ADMINISTRADOR = 1;
const ROL_DIRECTOR = 2;
const ROL_PROFESOR = 3;
const ROL_RECOPILADOR = 4;
private $rol_id;
private $roles = [
self::ROL_ADMINISTRADOR => 'Administrador',
self::ROL_DIRECTOR => 'Director',
self::ROL_PROFESOR => 'Profesor',
self::ROL_RECOPILADOR => 'Recopilador'
];
/**
* RELACIONES
*/
public function _usuarios() {
return $this->hasMany(Usuarios::class, "rol", "rol_id");
}
/**
* FORMATEADORES
*/
/**
* FUNCIONES
*/
public function nombre() {
return $this->roles[$this->rol_id];
}
}
This is my users model
class Usuarios extends Authenticatable {
use Notifiable;
const STATUS_ACTIVO = 1;
const STATUS_INACTIVO = 0;
protected $table = 'usuarios';
protected $primaryKey = 'usuario_id';
/*
* RELACIONES
*/
public function _rol() {
return $this->hasOne(Roles::class, 'rol', 'rol_id');
}
public function _perfil() {
return $this->hasOne(Perfiles::class, "usuario", "usuario_id");
}
/*
* FORMATEADORES
*/
}
But i got this error
Base table or view not found: 1146
When i try to do this
<?= Auth::user()->_rol->nombre() ?>
=========================================================================
I think i've found the solution.
I did the following changes:
1.- in the roles model I did add the constructor method and customized it
public function __construct($rol) {
parent::__construct();
$this->rol_id = $rol;
}
2.- In the users model change the method to this
public function _rol() {
return new Roles($this->usuario_id);
}
There is a thing here: if the method is called like this '_rol' the model will think is about a relation and will required a relation response so is neccesary to call it this way '_rol()' (with the parenthesis)
<?= Auth::user()->_rol()->nombre() ?>

Answer 1

You only need the Role model if you have another table to store the roles.
If you, instead, have the role represented as a field in the users table, you can access it just doing:
$role = $user->role;

Answer 2

I suggest you to use https://github.com/artesaos/defender to manage roles and permitions.