Laravel 5 hasMany relationship on two columns - php

Question

Is it possible to have a hasMany relationship on two columns?
My table has two columns, user_id and related_user_id.
I want my relation to match either of the columns.
In my model I have
public function userRelations()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\UserRelation');
}
Which runs the query: select * from user_relations where user_relations.user_id in ('17', '18').
The query I need to run is:
select * from user_relations where user_relations.user_id = 17 OR user_relations.related_user_id = 17
EDIT:
I'm using eager loading and I think this will affect how it will have to work.
$cause = Cause::with('donations.user.userRelations')->where('active', '=', 1)->first();

Answer 1

I don't think it's possible to do exactly what you are asking.
I think you should treat them as separate relationships and then create a new method on the model to retrieve a collection of both.
public function userRelations() {
return $this->hasMany('App\UserRelation');
}
public function relatedUserRelations() {
return $this->hasMany('App\UserRelation', 'related_user_id');
}
public function allUserRelations() {
return $this->userRelations->merge($this->relatedUserRelations);
}
This way you still get the benefit of eager loading and relationship caching on the model.
$cause = Cause::with('donations.user.userRelations',
'donations.user.relatedUserRelations')
->where('active', 1)->first();
$userRelations = $cause->donations[0]->user->allUserRelations();

Answer 2

Compoships adds support for multi-columns relationships in Laravel 5's Eloquent.
It allows you to specify relationships using the following syntax:
public function b()
{
return $this->hasMany('B', ['key1', 'key2'], ['key1', 'key2']);
}
where both columns have to match.

Answer 3

I'd prefer doing it this way:
public function userRelations()
{
return UserRelation::where(function($q) {
/**
* #var Builder $q
*/
$q->where('user_id',$this->id)
->orWhere('related_user_id',$this->id);
});
}
public function getUserRelationsAttribute()
{
return $this->userRelations()->get();
}

Answer 4

If anyone landed here like me due to google:
As neither merge() (as suggested above) nor push() (as suggested here) allow eager loading (and other nice relation features), the discussion is still ongoing and was continued in a more recent thread, see here: Laravel Eloquent Inner Join on Self Referencing Table
I proposed a solution there, any further ideas and contributions welcome.

Answer 5

You can handle that things with this smart and easy way .
$cause = Cause::with(['userRelations' => function($q) use($related_user_id) {
$q->where('related_user_id', $related_user_id);
}])->where('active', '=', 1)->first();