Laravel 5.1 eloquent query syntax - php

Question

I have the following model relationships. If a user logs in as an employee, I want them to be able to get a list of employees for a their company and the roles they have been assigned:
class User {
// A user can be of an employee user type
public function employee()
{
return $this->hasOne('App\Employee');
}
//
public function roles()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Role');
}
}
class Employee {
// employee profile belong to a user
public function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
// employee belongs to a company
public function company()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Company');
}
}
class Company {
public function employees()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Employee');
}
}
But the following query doesnt work. I get error Column not found: 1054 Unknown column companies.id in WHERE clause:
$employee = Auth::user()->employee;
$companyEmployees = Company::with(['employees.user.roles' => function ($query) use ($employee) {
$query->where('companies.id', '=', $employee->company_id)
->orderBy('users.created_at', 'desc');
}])->get();
The users and the employees table have a one to one relationship.
All employees have a base role type of employee in addition they may also have other roles such as manager, supervisor etc.
How do I write a query that gives me a company with all its employees and their roles?
I've tried to add a hasManyThrough relation to the Company model but that doesn't work either?
public function users()
{
return $this->hasManyThrough('App\User', 'App\Employee');
}

Answer 1

I think you're ring to get a list of coworkers for the current user and eager load the user and role?
$employee = Auth::user()->employee;
$companyEmployees = Company::with(['employees.user.roles')->find($employee->company_id);
Or perhaps:
$companyEmployees = Company::find($employee->company_id)->employees()->with('user.roles')->get();
$sorted = $companyEmployees->sortBy(function($employee){ return $employee->user->created_at; });
That might be a more direct route. Is your employee id in the user table or vice versa? The eloquent relationships are easy to set backwards.

Answer 2

Users::select('table_users.id')->with('roles')->join('table_employes', function($join) use ($employee) {
$join->on('table_employes.user_id','=','table_users.id')->where('table_employes.company_id', '=', $employee->company_id);
})->orderBy('tables_users.created_at')->get();

Answer 3

1. Create relationship for database table columns in migrtaion :
User Role
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users');
Users
$table->increments('id');
2. Create a model for each database table to define relationship
User.php (model)
public function userRoles()
{
return $this->hasOne('App\UserRoles', 'user_id', 'id');
}
Userroles.php (model)
public function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\User', 'user_id', 'id');
}
3. Let controller handle database calls recommended to use REST api
Controller
use App\User;
use App\UserRoles;
class UserController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
return User::with('userRoles')->orderBy('users.created_at', 'desc')->paginate(50);
}
}