I've got this query in Laravel that's returning all forums with some extra information:
return Forum::with(['messages.user' => function($query){
$query->select('id', 'name');
}])->withCount('messages')->paginate(10);
but now it eager loads all related messages as well but I only need the author from a message. How could I get this result?
Assuming the table you have for your Message
model is messages
and that it has the columns forum_id
and user_id
, and the table for your User
model is users
you could just define a belongsToMany
and get the information that way:
public function users()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(User::class, 'messages')->distinct();
}
then:
return Forum::with(['users' => function($query){
$query->select('users.id', 'users.name');
}])->withCount('messages')->paginate(10);
Hope this helps!
Without eager loading,
//for a particular forum
//Get a forum entity
$forum = Forum::find($id);
// Get its messages as a Collection
$forumMessages = $forum->messages;
// Iterate over each message on the Collection to find its author. This will look for id in the User model based on the 'author_id' stored by you in the message table.The collection $forumMessages will now have the author's name. This is just to give you an idea. Structure accordingly to your needs.
$forumMessages->each(function ($message){
$message->author = User::find($message->author_id)->name;
});
Try using
return Forum::with([
'messages' => function ($messages) {
return $messages->with([
'user' => function ($user) {
return $user->select('id', 'name');
}
])->select('id', 'author'); // you get author from messages
}
])->withCount('messages')->paginate(10);
This also eager loads but you only get id
and author
. id
is needed to make the relationship with user.