Laravel base table not found using pivot model - php

Question

Hi im trying to query my tasks table. A little background information on the tables and how they are related.
Users, create Projects and Tasks, Statuses for projects and tasks can be selected from the status table, users make their own, i plan to have default ones but users may want to create their own.
By default i want to find all the users tasks where the status_name which is held in the statuses table does not equal closed. I decided it would be best to actually create a table called task_status which holds the task_id as well as the status_id. I still want to find the logged in users tasks and then find the status name based on the status_id held in the tasks table, which can be referenced in the statuses table. I then want to only display the any records not equal to closed but the first part which is explained below is trickier than first anticipated.
My table structures can be found below:
Table structure
Users
id | username | email
Tasks
id | user_id | client_id | project_id | status_id | task_name | task_brief
Statuses
id | status_name
Projects
id | user_id | client_id | status_id | type_id | project_name | project_brief
task_status
id | user_id | task_id | status_id
I'm trying to query my db simply first so that I can be sure that the data returned is correct. So I've changed my query to the below:
$user = User::with(array('tasks', 'task.status', 'tasks.taskstatus',
'tasks.clients'))->find(Auth::user()->id);
and I'm trying to return as follows (please bear in mind I also want to query the status table so that I am able to return the name of the status):
#foreach($user->tasks as $task)
{{ $task->task_name }}
#if(!is_null($task->clients))
{{ $task->clients->client_code }}
#endif
#if(!is_null($task->taskstatus))
{{ $task->taskstatus->status_name }}
#endif
#endforeach
My models:
Task.php
public function status(){
return $this->hasOne('Status', 'status_id');
}
public function taskstatus() {
return $this->hasMany('TaskStatus', 'status_id');
}
Status.php
public function tasks()
{
return $this->hasMany('Task');
}
public function taskstatus()
{
return $this->hasMany('TaskStatus', 'status_id');
}
TaskStatus.php
public function tasks()
{
return $this->hasMany('Task', 'task_id');
}
public function status() {
return $this->belongsTo('Status', 'status_id')
}
However using the above returns the following error:
SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table
'imanage.task_statuses' doesn't exist (SQL: select * from `task_statuses`
where `task_statuses`.`status_id` in (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?))
(Bindings: array ( 0 => 1, 1 => 2, 2 => 3, 3 => 4, 4 => 5, 5 => 6, 6 => 7, ))
I'm sure that its my relationships that are defined incorrectly but I am not sure how to correct these.Can anyone help?

Answer 1

You can also try this code:
$user = User::whereHas('task.status', function($q)
{
$q->where('status', '!=', 'close');
})
->with('task', 'task.clients')
->where('id', Auth::user()->id)
->first();
Check the eloquent docs on querying relationships.
also remember DO NOT ECHO VIEW, return the view instead.

Answer 2

The error seems related to the fact that Laravel (well, actually Eloquent) is getting the wrong table name: below you have task_statuses instead of task_status. Remember that Eloquent will attempt to pluralize named models to get the table name.
SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table
'imanage.task_statuses' doesn't exist
So either rename your table to match Laravel expectations, or in your model specify a custom table name:
class TaskStatus extends Eloquent {
protected $table = 'task_status';
...
Additionally, this part of your code is unclear to me:
Task.php
public function status(){
return $this->hasOne('Status', 'status_id');
}
public function taskstatus() {
return $this->hasMany('TaskStatus', 'status_id');
}
Does your Task have one status, or does it have many statuses?