Laravel + Eloquent ORM: HasManyThrough OrderBy TableC.column2 - php

Question

Table A = Inventory | Table B = ItemAssociation | Table C = ItemValue
I have Table A, B and C. A and B have a one-to-one relationship, B and C have a one to one relationship. I'm currently using the HasManyThrough relationship to arrive at this:
public function item(){
return $this->hasManyThrough('App\ItemValue','App\ItemAssociation','id','id');
}
And in my controller:
public function orm(){
$inventory = Inventory::getAssocBySteamID(76561198124900864)->get();
$i = 0;
foreach($inventory as $inv){
$this->data[$i] = $inv->item()->get();
$i++;
}
return $this->data;
}
Where Inventory::getAssocBySteamID:
public static function getAssocBySteamID($id){
return SELF::where('steamid64','=',$id);
}
This returns all the data I need, however, I need to order this by a column in Table C, the ItemValue model.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You can add ->orderBy('TableName', 'desc') to the getAssocBySteamID function.
Or to the query in the Orm() function before the ->get()
Also for Where clauses in Eloquent's QB you don't need the "="sign. You can just do where('steamid',$id)

Answer 2

Do not use static function use scopes. Try using join query like this:
// Inventory model method
public function scopeAssocBySteamID($query, $id) {
$query->where('steamid64', $id)
->join('ItemValue'. 'ItemValue.id', '=', 'Inventory.ItemValue_id')
->select('Inventory.*')
->orderBy('ItemValue.item_price')
}
And then:
public function orm(){
$inventory = Inventory::assocBySteamID(76561198124900864)->get();
$i = 0;
foreach($inventory as $inv){
$this->data[$i] = $inv->item()->get();
$i++;
}
return $this->data;
}
Check all table and field names befor testing this example.