ignore null objects of eager loaded data- laravel - php

Question

I have folowing JSON returned by ORM
[
{
"id": 3,
"name": "Card Department",
"name_burmese": "Card Department",
"is_active": "1",
"created_at": "2014-11-23 07:02:07",
"updated_at": "2014-11-23 07:02:07",
"orm_bank_contact": []
},
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Loan Department",
"name_burmese": "Loan Department",
"is_active": "1",
"created_at": "2014-11-23 07:01:16",
"updated_at": "2015-02-24 09:05:35",
"orm_bank_contact": []
},
{
"id": 4,
"name": "Remittance Department",
"name_burmese": "Remittance Department",
"is_active": "0",
"created_at": "2015-02-24 09:43:25",
"updated_at": "2015-04-17 12:26:07",
"orm_bank_contact": []
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "Deposit Department",
"name_burmese": "Deposit Department",
"is_active": "1",
"created_at": "2014-11-23 07:01:34",
"updated_at": "2015-04-20 14:04:27",
"orm_bank_contact": [
{
"id": 27,
"bank_department": 2,
"mobile": "9843139168",
"phone": "9843139168",
"email": "shresthabeenu#gmail.com",
"contact_person": "Binu Shrestha",
"address": "No. 416, Mahabandoola Road, Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar",
"is_active": "1",
"created_at": "2015-04-15 08:50:16",
"updated_at": "2015-04-15 08:50:16",
"bank_id": 13
}
]
}
]
but i just need
[
{
"id": 2,
"name": "Deposit Department",
"name_burmese": "Deposit Department",
"is_active": "1",
"created_at": "2014-11-23 07:01:34",
"updated_at": "2015-04-20 14:04:27",
"orm_bank_contact": [
{
"id": 27,
"bank_department": 2,
"mobile": "9843139168",
"phone": "9843139168",
"email": "shresthabeenu#gmail.com",
"contact_person": "Binu Shrestha",
"address": "No. 416, Mahabandoola Road, Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar",
"is_active": "1",
"created_at": "2015-04-15 08:50:16",
"updated_at": "2015-04-15 08:50:16",
"bank_id": 13
}
]
}
]
I need to fetch record with child on eager loaded objects
I tried below
$bank_contact = BankDepartment::with(array('OrmBankContact' => function($query) use($bank_id){
$query->where('bank_id', "=", $bank_id)->where('bank_department','>',0);}))
->get();
But no luck.. what is the proper way?

Answer 1

This query should do the job returning only departments with OrmBankContact
BankDepartment::has('OrmBankContact')->get();
See Eloquent docs on querying relations

Answer 2

Model BankDepartment
class BankDepartment extends Eloquent implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface {
public function OrmBankContact(){
return $this->hasMany('OrmBankContact','bank_department','id');
}
}
Model OrmBankContact
class OrmBankContact extends Eloquent implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface {
public function BankDepartment(){
return $this->belongsTo('BankDepartment','bank_department','id');
}
}
In Any controller you can get like this
$OrmBankContact = BankDepartment::with('OrmBankContact')->get();
$OrmBankContact = $OrmBankContact->toArray();
echo '<pre>'; print_r($OrmBankContact); exit;