Laravel eloquent many to many returns empty - php

Question

So i'm trying to get my head around using eloquent for many to many relationships in my application.
I have three tables as followed
user
+----------------+------------------+------+-----+---------------------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+----------------+------------------+------+-----+---------------------+----------------+
| id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| first_name | varchar(255) | NO | | NULL | |
| last_name | varchar(255) | NO | | NULL | |
| email | varchar(255) | NO | UNI | NULL | |
| password | varchar(60) | NO | | NULL | |
| remember_token | varchar(100) | YES | | NULL | |
| created_at | timestamp | NO | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| updated_at | timestamp | NO | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| active | enum('yes','no') | NO | | NULL | |
| last_login | timestamp | NO | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
+----------------+------------------+------+-----+---------------------+----------------+
user_has_address
+------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| address_id | int(10) unsigned | YES | MUL | NULL | |
| users_id | int(10) unsigned | YES | MUL | NULL | |
+------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
address
+---------------+----------------------------+------+-----+---------------------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------------+----------------------------+------+-----+---------------------+----------------+
| id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| name_number | varchar(45) | NO | | NULL | |
| first_line | varchar(45) | NO | | NULL | |
| second_line | varchar(45) | NO | | NULL | |
| town_city | varchar(45) | NO | | NULL | |
| state_country | varchar(45) | NO | | NULL | |
| post_zip | varchar(45) | NO | | NULL | |
| type | enum('delivery','billing') | NO | | NULL | |
| created_at | timestamp | NO | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| updated_at | timestamp | NO | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| deleted_at | timestamp | YES | | NULL | |
+---------------+----------------------------+------+-----+---------------------+----------------+
in my user repository i have the following
namespace App\Libraries\Repositories\Core\Users;
use Schema;
use App\Models\Core\User;
use Bosnadev\Repositories\Eloquent\Repository;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
class UserRepository extends Repository
{
public function getUsersAddresses()
{
return $this->userModel->hasManyThrough('App\Models\Bundle\Addresses\Address','App\Models\Bundle\Addresses\UserHasAdress','id','address_id');
}
}
Im returned an object that shows parent and related classes but im not actually returned my users address. Is there something im missing?

Answer 1

Alexrussell made some good points in his comment that you could possibly address, however I believe your immediate problem is a missing ->get() at the end of your return line.
Without it, you would be required to call your method like:
$repository->getUsersAddresses()->get();
As hasManyThrough will return an instance of Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/HasManyThrough not the actual results
For reference:
https://laravel.com/api/5.2/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/HasManyThrough.html
Note in the example here: https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/eloquent-relationships#many-to-many
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class User extends Model
{
/**
* The roles that belong to the user.
*/
public function roles()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Role');
}
}
The example usage includes a get(): $roles = App\User::find(1)->roles()->orderBy('name')->get();
Hope this helps