Laravel Count rows where column value is 1 - php

Question

Hey so i am trying to do an upvote downvote system and I am only using 1 table, the table columns are
$table->increments('id');
$table->integer('user_id')->unsigned();
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users');
$table->integer('voter_id')->unsigned();
$table->foreign('voter_id')->references('id')->on('users');
$table->boolean('vote_type')->default(0);
$table->integer('commentable_id');
$table->string('commentable_type');
$table->string('unique_vote')->unique();
Basically I am trying to count how many votes the comment has but only where the vote_type is == 1 and also the reverse for downvotes where the value is 0
I was thinking about doing this with 2 different tables as it would make counting easier but I also dont want a large database.
i know of {{$comment->votes->count()}} but this returns the total rows regardless of the vote_type value and I am wondering if anyone has a solution or knows of a way while keeping the queries low.

Answer 1

Why you do it like this
public function showCart() {
$votes = Vote::where('vote_type',1)->count();
// do stuff and then return the count with the actual data & view
}
You cant chain like this
$votes = Vote::where('vote_type',1)->where('something',$something)->count();
if you want the result for the logged in user
$votes = Auth::user()->votes->where('vote_type',1)->count();
I hope you get the point here, you dont have to do the count in blade

Answer 2

Too late to answer this question, but in general groupBy on a collection can be a good option for this
$votesInGroups = Vote::all()->groupBy('vote_type');
if you want to refine the data:
$votesInGroups->map(function($group, $key){
// assign keys so that its meaningful
if($key == 1) {
return [
'upvotes' => $group->count();
];
}
// yada yada yada
});

Answer 3

I ended up just creating another relation and then enquing it with the main call. eg
comments class
public function upvotes()
{
return $this->morphMany('App\Models\General\Votes', 'commentable')->whereVoteType(1);
}
public function downvotes()
{
return $this->morphMany('App\Models\General\Votes', 'commentable')->whereVoteType(0);
}
--
public function index($category_slug, $subcategory_slug, $post_slug)
{
return view('pages.forum-post', [
'post' => Post::With('comments','comments.user','comments.votes','comments.upvotes','comments.downvotes','comments.user.UserProfile')->whereSlug($post_slug)->firstOrFail()
]);
}
--
blade
#if ($comment->upvotes)
{{$comment->upvotes->count()}}
#endif
#if ($comment->downvotes)
{{$comment->downvotes->count()}}
#endif
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