I have 3 tables:
Posts
--id
--post
Points
--id
--user_id
--post_id
--points
User(disregard)
--id
--username
My models are like this.
Class Posts extends Eloquent {
function points(){
return $this->hasMany('points', 'post_id');
}
}
Class Points extends Eloquent {
function posts() {
return $this->belongsTo('posts', 'post_id');
}
How can I order it so that the returning results would be ordered by highest sum of points.I also need to know how I can get the sum of points per post.
Post_id | Post | Points<-- SumPoints
5 |Post1 | 100
3 |Post2 | 51
1 |Post3 | 44
4 |Post4 | 32
Here is my Code:
$homePosts = $posts->with("filters")
->with(array("points" => function($query) {
$query->select()->sum("points");
}))->groupBy('id')
->orderByRaw('SUM(points) DESC')
->paginate(8);
May I know how it would be solved by using query builder and/or model relationships
Eloquent way:
$posts = Post::leftJoin('points', 'points.post_id', '=', 'posts.id')
->selectRaw('posts.*, sum(points.points) as points_sum')
->orderBy('points_sum', 'desc')
->paginate(8);
The Query\Builder
way is exactly the same, only the result won't be Eloquent models.
I think the following query-builder should get you started..
DB::table('posts')
->join('points', 'posts.id', '=', 'points.post_id')
->orderBy('sum(points)')
->groupBy('points.post_id')
->select('points.post_id', 'posts.post', 'sum(points.points) as points')
->paginate(8)
->get();