ErrorException:
stripos() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given
For the groupBy() call in the with() method
$user = User::with([
'pricelists' => function($query) {
$query->groupBy(function($var) {
return Carbon::parse($var->pivot->created_at)->format('m');
});
}
])->where('id', $id)->get();
I already saw a few posts talking about how to manage this problem and that it shall not be possible to use groupBy() in eloquent but I do not really understand why...
To be clear:
User and Pricelist model got a many-to-many relationship with the default timestamps() method. I am trying to get the downloaded pricelists grouped by their months they were downloaded from the current user.
After a few attempts I just deleted the above shown => function($query... statement from the with() method and just left the with(['pricelist']) to fetch all datasets and tried this:
$user->pricelists = $user->pricelists->groupBy(function($var) {
return Carbon::parse($var->pivot->created_at)->format('m');
});
return $user->pricelists;
And it works fine and returns an array with multiple arrays for each month... But returning it like this:
return $user;
returns just 1 array with all entries... I do not really get the sense behind it right now...
The two groupBy() method that you are using in the two code you provide are totally different methods.
The first groupBy() where you use it in the callback is actually being called by $query which is a query builder object. The groupBy() here is used to add SQL GROUP BY Statement into the query. And as per the documentation, it only take string variables as parameter.
The groupBy() in your second code is being called by $user->pricelists which is a laravel eloquent collection. The groupBy() method here is actually from the base collection class and is used to group the items inside the collection into multiple collections under the different key defined by the parameter passed to the function. Please read the documentation here.
For your case, the second groupBy() is the one you should be using since you plan to use a callback and will allow you to use more complicated logic.
I am trying to make a filter in laravel. This following filter works
$posts= Post::where('category',$request->category)->orderBy('id','desc')->paginate(10);
But when I try to do something like this
public function index(Request $request)
{
$posts= Post::where('category',$request->category)->get();
$posts->latest()->paginate(10);
dd($posts);
It doesn't work. Can someone explain why is this and provide me the code that works. My project have multiple filter.
Error
Because $posts = Post::all(); already execute a query.
Post::where('category',$request->category)->latest()->paginate(10)->get();
would be what you want.
A note:latest requires the created_at column
You should go
$posts = Post::where('category',$request->category)->latest()->paginate(10);
the get request is unnecessary as the paginate will execute the query.
The first one makes the query by pagination i.e fetch 10 records per constructed page
For the second one, based on observation, you most likely have encountered at least 2 errors:
The first, on the line that used the get method because that method requires at least one parameter.
Type error: Too few arguments to function Illuminate\Support\Collection::get()
The other since its a collection, and since there is nothing like paginate or latest method on collection therefore throws other errors. You should check Collection's Available methods to have a glimpse of the methods allowed on collection.
One of the best solutions is to simply order the result when making the query:
Blog::where('category',$request->category)
->orderBy('created_at', 'desc') //you may use also 'updated_at' also depends on your need
->paginate(10);
This way you have the latest coming first int the pagination and also having not worrying about paginating a collection
I have a users table and a permissions table. It's a many-to-many relationship so I also have a users_permissions table with a user_id & module_permission_id column.
The user model has the following relationship:
public function permissions()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(Permission::class, 'users_permissions', 'user_id', 'module_permission_id');
}
When I run my query, the result contains an empty permissions array.
User::with('permissions');
If I echo the query in the with, I get the error: Call to undefined relationship [] on model [App\Models\User]
User::with(['permissions', function($q) {
echo $q->toSql();
die();
}]);
The rest of the query works, it's just trying to get permissions which is failing.
In my case it was a coding convention issue related to camelCase vs. snake_case:
In the Model there was
public function getPermissions()
and in the query there was
User::with(['get_permissions'])
When I changed this to
User::with(['getPermissions'])
it started to work, although I'd say the Laravel way would be to use snake_case instead.
This confused me for a couple of days since frameworks like Symfony and AngularJs has a mixed conventions that somewhere you need to write parameters in snake_case and somewhere else in camelCase. I didn't find any documentation on Laravel site how they handle this, so I tried it the Straight Way and it seemed to be the case here :)
Maybe you just forgot the ->get() after User::with('permissions')->get() ?
https://laravel.com/docs/5.0/eloquent#eager-loading
Slapping this here for anyone who may be trying to refactor from an eager load that selects columns to an eager load with a scoped query.
You HAVE to move the selecting of columns into the scoped query, trying to select columns with the usual colon notation will fail and throw the undefined relationship error.
For example going from this eager load that selects a pivot table column, and a column from the permissions table User:with('permissions:permission_tag:tag_set_id,permission_name') to a scoped query that selects the same columns but also orders the results looks like this
User::with([
'permissions' => function ($query) {
$query->select('permission_tag:tag_set_id', 'permission_name');
$query->orderBy('permission_name');
},
]);
Notice I pulled out the : notation and it lives right in the scoped query.
If you have a query that uses eager loading like this:
Brand::with('tags')
->where('id', $id)
->get();
A brand can have many tags.
I then also have an array of tag ids like this [2,4]. How do I add a condition to this query where it returns only those brands whose tags are in the array?
I tried the eager load constraints but that condition is then placed on the tags model, not the Brand.
I tried this also but it returns an unknown method error:
public function tagsIn($allTags){
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Tag', 'brand_tags')
->whereIn('tags.id', $allTags);
}
Brand::with('tags')
->tagsIn('[2,4]')
->get();
I suspect a possible limitation to getting it to work is the fact that Eloquent makes two separate database calls. But is there a way nevertheless?
DB::table('Brands')
->join('brand_tag','brands.id','=','brand_tag.brand_id')
->join('tags','brand_tag.tag_id','=','tags.id')
->whereIn('tags.id',$allTags)
->get();
Try this DB::table('name')->whereIn('column', array(1, 2, 3))->get();
I think you should use this package to handle tag. I used it in my projects. laravel-tagging
I have got 2 joined tables in Eloquent namely themes and users.
theme model:
public function user() {
return $this->belongs_to('User');
}
user model:
public function themes() {
return $this->has_many('Theme');
}
My Eloquent api call looks as below:
return Response::eloquent(Theme::with('user')->get());
Which returns all columns from theme (that's fine), and all columns from user (not fine). I only need the 'username' column from the user model, how can I limit the query to that?
Change your model to specify what columns you want selected:
public function user() {
return $this->belongs_to('User')->select(array('id', 'username'));
}
And don't forget to include the column you're joining on.
For Laravel >= 5.2
Use the ->pluck() method
$roles = DB::table('roles')->pluck('title');
If you would like to retrieve an array containing the values of a single column, you may use the pluck method
For Laravel <= 5.1
Use the ->lists() method
$roles = DB::table('roles')->lists('title');
This method will return an array of role titles. You may also specify a custom key column for the returned array:
You can supply an array of fields in the get parameter like so:
return Response::eloquent(Theme::with('user')->get(array('user.username'));
UPDATE (for Laravel 5.2)
From the docs, you can do this:
$response = DB::table('themes')
->select('themes.*', 'users.username')
->join('users', 'users.id', '=', 'themes.user_id')
->get();
I know, you ask for Eloquent but you can do it with Fluent Query Builder
$data = DB::table('themes')
->join('users', 'users.id', '=', 'themes.user_id')
->get(array('themes.*', 'users.username'));
This is how i do it
$posts = Post::with(['category' => function($query){
$query->select('id', 'name');
}])->get();
First answer by user2317976 did not work for me, i am using laravel 5.1
Using with pagination
$data = DB::table('themes')
->join('users', 'users.id', '=', 'themes.user_id')
->select('themes.*', 'users.username')
->paginate(6);
Another option is to make use of the $hidden property on the model to hide the columns you don't want to display. You can define this property on the fly or set defaults on your model.
public static $hidden = array('password');
Now the users password will be hidden when you return the JSON response.
You can also set it on the fly in a similar manner.
User::$hidden = array('password');
user2317976 has introduced a great static way of selecting related tables' columns.
Here is a dynamic trick I've found so you can get whatever you want when using the model:
return Response::eloquent(Theme::with(array('user' => function ($q) {
$q->addSelect(array('id','username'))
}))->get();
I just found this trick also works well with load() too. This is very convenient.
$queriedTheme->load(array('user'=>function($q){$q->addSelect(..)});
Make sure you also include target table's key otherwise it won't be able to find it.
This Way:
Post::with(array('user'=>function($query){
$query->select('id','username');
}))->get();
I know that this is an old question, but if you are building an API, as the author of the question does, use output transformers to perform such tasks.
Transofrmer is a layer between your actual database query result and a controller. It allows to easily control and modify what is going to be output to a user or an API consumer.
I recommend Fractal as a solid foundation of your output transformation layer. You can read the documentation here.
In Laravel 4 you can hide certain fields from being returned by adding the following in your model.
protected $hidden = array('password','secret_field');
http://laravel.com/docs/eloquent#converting-to-arrays-or-json
On Laravel 5.5, the cleanest way to do this is:
Theme::with('user:userid,name,address')->get()
You add a colon and the fields you wish to select separated by a comma and without a space between them.
Using Model:
Model::where('column','value')->get(['column1','column2','column3',...]);
Using Query Builder:
DB::table('table_name')->where('column','value')->get(['column1','column2','column3',...]);
If I good understood this what is returned is fine except you want to see only one column. If so this below should be much simpler:
return Response::eloquent(Theme::with('user')->get(['username']));
#You can get selected columns from two or three different tables
$users= DB::Table('profiles')->select('users.name','users.status','users.avatar','users.phone','profiles.user_id','profiles.full_name','profiles.email','profiles.experience','profiles.gender','profiles.profession','profiles.dob',)->join('users','profiles.user_id','=','users.id')
->paginate(10);
Check out, http://laravel.com/docs/database/eloquent#to-array
You should be able to define which columns you do not want displayed in your api.