Here is model structure of my Laravel 5.3 project,
User.php (Model)
it has one invitation method that returns the invitation of a user.
public function invitations()
{
return $this->hasMany( 'App\Invitation', 'invitee_id', 'id' );
}
Invitation.php (Model)
This model has another method that would return the inviter detail of an invitation.
public function inviter()
{
return $this->hasOne( 'App\User', 'id', 'invited_by' );
}
If i want to retrieve all invitations of current user it works,
\Auth::user()->invitations;
But if i try to get the information about the inviter it won't work! (Question: How to do it?)
\Auth::user()->invitations->inviter;
Though i can query the inviter from a invitation eloquent object like this,
\App\Invitation::first()->inviter;
But this is not working when i try to access it from the user model -> invitation -> inviter!
Also can i use eager loading here?
\Auth::user()->invitations->inviter;
Looking at this, it appears that you're attempting to retrieve the inviter property from a collection of invitations. The reason Ken's suggestion to use \App\Invitation::first()->inviter; worked is because you are retrieving the inviter of only one invitation (in this instance, the first). To resolve this, loop through your invites before attempting to retrieve the properties for each one:
$invitations = \Auth::user()->invitations;
foreach ($invitations as $invitation) {
$inviter = $invitation->inviter;
}
There is also an each() method specific to Laravel Collections that will allow you to loop through your object.
Related
Here is my current situation:
I have a Task model.
Tasks have owners (a belongsTo relationship)
Owners have accounts (yet another belongsTo relationship)
I'd like to set up a "belongsToThrough" relationship from Tasks to Accounts.
My first solution was to define a relationship in the Tasks model, like this:
public function account(): BelongsTo
{
return $this->owner->account();
}
With it I could call $task->account and retrieve a task's account easily. The problem is that this doesn't work with load/with, which in turn causes problems because I can't refresh() a task that has had the account loaded in (because refresh uses load). The error just states Trying to call account() on null which was honestly expected.
My second solution was to change the relationship method to:
public function account(): BelongsTo
{
return $this->owner()->first()->account();
}
With this, I can also simply call $task->account and retrieve the model, and when loading, it doesn't work (returns null), but also doesn't throw any errors. I don't need to load this relationship in, it just happens that sometimes I need to refresh models and having the load method throw an error is not ok.
In summary
What I'm looking for is kind of a BelongsToThrough, as a Task would BelongTo an Account through an Owner (User). Is there a way to do this that works using both $task->account and $task->load('account'). Before you tell me I can load it using owner.account, I know that, but refresh() will do it automatically with load('account') so I need it to work like that, not with the dot notation.
To get it working with load(), you'll need to define an account relationship on the owner model, if you haven't done so already. Like this:
public function account() :BelongsTo
{
return $this->belongsTo(AccountsTable);
}
Then use dot notation when calling load() on your task model like:
$task->load('owner.account');
You can do that using eager loading
public function account()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\ParentModel', 'foreignkey', 'localkey');
}
After that you can easily fetch relation data with load/with.
Thanks,
i'm using laravel 7.30, I have a post model linked to user model with belongsTo relationship, I want to retrieve all posts with user property that contains only the name of the user for api purposes.
what i've tried so far.
public function index()
{
return Post::with('user:id,name')->get();
}
but the result of this code is a nested object 'user' which has 2 fields id and name on each post, I only want a single field with posts fields called user which has the name only and not a nested object for api purposes.
I've made it using database query builder, but i'm looking for a way using Eloquent
Thanks in advance
You can add this to your Post Model:
protected $appends = [
"author_name"
];
public function getAuthorNameAttribute()
{
return $this->user->name;
}
This will make sure the user's name is appended to the Post object every time it is being called.
Then from your controller, you can easily do this:
public function index()
{
return Post::get();
}
I would like to create a Laravel Authorisation Policy, however rather than checking the user->id I would like to check the related users Business model (like $user->business()->id)
I've tried using the following in my OrderPolicy but it does not work.
OrderPolicy
class OrderPolicy
{
....
public function edit(User $user, Order $order)
{
if ($user->business()->id === $order->business_id) {
return true;
}
}
}
Blade
...
#can('edit', $business->orders())
Edit Link
#endcan
...
Could someone show me how I could do this correctly?
Assuming business() is a relationship method.
$user->business->id would be the id of the Business model that is related to the user.
May want to check that ->business isn't null first.
You can also query directly on the relationship if you don't want to load that relationship. $user->business()->where('id', $order->business_id)->exists()
Laravel 5.4 Docs - Eloquent - Relationships - Relationship Methods vs Dynamic Properties
So far I was extracting the relation objects as arrays and then doing something like:
App\Model::find($id)
But however is there a way to do something like:
Auth::user()->group()->members()
It works until Auth::user()->group but no further chaining. Please help if you've done something. Or I'm just newbie.
You could use eager loading to load the user's group and then load all of the members of that group.
$user = User::with(['group', 'group.members'])->find(1);
// OR if you already have a user object (Like when using the Auth facade)
$user = Auth::user()->load(['group', 'group.members']);
foreach ($user->group->members as $member) {
// Do something with a member
}
However, if you essentially want to jump down the structure a level, and get all the members related to a user, you could use the hasManyThrough relationship, in that a user has many members, through a group.
// In your User model
public function members()
{
return $this->hasManyThrough(Member::class, Group::class);
}
That way you can simply access the members directly through the user:
$members = Auth::user()->members;
Instead of doing a query to access the user's group and then doing another query to access that group's members, Laravel would use a single query with a join to get you the members.
Take a look at the hasManyThrough relationship here
Try this
Auth::user()->group->members
In my Room object I want to get an Picture with the lowest priority. So to my Room model i've added:
public function picture(){
Return Picture::where('room_id', $this->id)->orderBy('priority', 'asc')->first();
}
In my controller I call this method like:
public function($id){
$room = Room::findOrFail($id);
$room->picture();
}
But when i try to get it in my view like:
{{$room->picture}}
I get the following error:
Relationship method must return an object of type Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation
When using {{$room}} I dont see any picture object in the room object but the app doesnt crash.
If you want to be able to fetch the latest picture like that, you'll need to put relation definition in your pictures() method instead of fetching the object. This way you'll be able to make use of Eloquent's eager loading; fetching the picture with the lowest (in terms of value) priority will also be very easy.
Add the following to your Room class:
//relation definition - one to many
public function pictures() {
return $this->hasMany(Picture::class);
}
//Eloquent getter
public function getPictureAttribute() {
return $this->pictures()->orderBy('priority', 'asc')->first();
}
Now, you can easily access the most important picture on a $room object by doing:
$picture = $room->picture;
You can read more about how to set up different types of relations in your models here: http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/eloquent-relationships