Group related product attributes - php

Question

I have a products table:
products
-id
-name
-image
And a product_atts table:
product_attributes
-product_id (FK)
-size (1, 2)
-memebership (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11)
-price
Now, when querying the product_attributes table and joining the products table, I get all of the variations:
Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 1
[membership] => 1
[price] => 0.00
)
[1] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 1
[membership] => 2
[price] => 0.00
)
[2] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 1
[membership] => 3
[price] => 0.00
)
[3] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 1
[membership] => 4
[price] => 0.00
)
[4] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 1
[membership] => 6
[price] => 0.00
)
[5] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 1
[membership] => 11
[price] => 0.00
)
[6] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 2
[membership] => 1
[price] => 0.00
)
[7] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 2
[membership] => 2
[price] => 0.00
)
[8] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 2
[membership] => 3
[price] => 0.00
)
[9] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 2
[membership] => 4
[price] => 0.00
)
[10] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 2
[membership] => 6
[price] => 0.00
)
[11] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => 2
[membership] => 11
[price] => 0.00
)
)
Is there a way that I can get a result that looks like this:
Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Product 1
[image] => Product1.png
[size] => stdClass Object
(
[0] => 1,
[1] => 2
)
[membership] => stdClass Object
(
[0] => 1,
[1] => 2,
[2] => 3,
[3] => 4,
[4] => 6,
[5] => 11
)
[price] => 0.00
)
)
It makes it so much easier to then use this data in my UI, etc.

Answer 1

You might not already have realized it but using Eloquent, you already have everything this way. As soon as you create your relationships in your models, you just need a root model to reach every single one related to it.
Let's say that you have your Product model:
<?php
class Product extends Eloquent {
}
and your Products Details model:
<?php
class ProductDetail extends Eloquent {
}
So you can build a relation between them
class Product extends Eloquent {
public function details()
{
return $this->hasMany('ProductDetail');
}
}
And now if your controller pass to your UI a list of models:
public function index()
{
return View::make('site.products')->with('products', Product::all());
}
In your UI you'll be able to:
<ul>
#foreach($products as $product)
<li>
<p>Product: $product->name</p>
<p>Sizes:</p>
<ul>
#foreach($product->details as $detail)
<li>
{{$detail->size}}
</li>
#endforeach
</ul>
</li>
#endforeach
</ul>