Passing external elements to the model in a select query with Eloquent - php

Question

Trying to transform a query in raw mysql to the eloquent laravel queries. I am stuck on trying to get external elements (from other models) inside it...Mainly the "color" (that comes from the BookingStatus and creating the URL and putting it in as URL.
Could you help me out?
Here is the mysql query:
$booking = DB::table('bookings')
->select('bookings.id as id', 'booking_reference as description', 'booking_status as title', 'color', DB::raw('concat("http://127.0.0.1/blabla/public/profile/Calendar/detail/",bookings.id) as url'),'booking_date as start')
->join('booking_status','booking_status.id','=','bookings.bookingstatus_id')
->where('photographer_id', '=', $photographer->id)
->union(DB::table('bookings')
->select('bookings.id as id', 'booking_reference as description', 'booking_status as title', 'color',DB::raw('concat("http://127.0.0.1/KYMA/public/profile/Calendar/detail/",bookings.id) as url'),'booking_date as start')
->join('booking_status','booking_status.id','=','bookings.bookingstatus_id')
->where('user_client_id', '=', $user->id)
)
->get();
edited: And here is where I have gone so far
$booking_info = Booking::with('bookingStatus')
->where('photographer_id', $photographer->id)
->orWhere('user_client_id', $user->id)
->select(['id as id', 'booking_reference as description','booking_date as start', 'bookingstatus_id as title'])
->get();
I tried a few things with the color and read the docs of Laravel but I just can't get it right... How do I pass it in my select query ? If I simply add 'color' obviously it will not pick it up because it is in the attached array and not the "primary" one...
Thanks a lot for your help!!
///// EDIT /////
Here is a solution I found to be able to pass everything I want, I'm not using the model relations thought since couldn't understand how to pass their array values in my select request...
$booking_info = Booking::where('photographer_id', $photographer->id)
->orWhere('user_client_id', $user->id) //because he could be client of a shoot ;-)
->join('booking_status','booking_status.id','=','bookings.bookingstatus_id')
->join('shooting_types', 'shooting_types.id', '=', 'bookings.stype_id')
->join('users', 'users.id', '=', 'user_client_id')
->join('addresses', 'addresses.id', '=', 'users.address_id')
->select('bookings.id as id', 'first_name', 'phonenumber', 'booking_reference as description', 'stype_name as title', 'color', 'booking_date as start')
->get();

Answer 1

You could use:
$bookings = Booking::with('booking_status')
->where('photographer_id', $photographer->id)
->orWhere('user_client_id', $user->id)
->get();
of course you need to have status relationship between Booking and Status
And if you have color column in your BookingStatus model, you can access it now:
foreach ($bookings as $b) {
echo $b->booking_status->color;
}

Answer 2

Using Raw SQL is not suggested as long as Model core api can be invoked directly in controller by having related associations with other table. I would suggest to use Models core api with relations.
For Example
$bookings = Booking::with('booking_status')
->where('photographer_id', $photographer->id)
->get();
The above sample code is just an example of using laravel eloquent associations in controller. However, you will need to make changes in the above conditions as per your requirement.
Note: The above code will work only if you have defined associations in all relevant models. For example Booking model must have association "hasMany" with BookingStatus model and similarly BookingStatus model should have association "belongsTo" with Booking table. In this way you don't need to write custom queries.