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user391986

Reputation: 30886

Laravel Relationship error trying to call a relationship within the model

On Laravel "4.1.x-dev",

How can I call a method on a relation within the model? From the below example

public function userLink() {
  return $this->user->link;
}

My function userLink gives me the error : Relationship method must return an object of type Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation

Also is there another way for me to access the linked user from Drawing with some kind of eager loading trick?

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I have several different type of users. Each type of user has it's own table with an ID in each table that corresponds to the *ID** of the users table. In my Users model I have a method called ''link'' that performs a ''morphTo'' and gets me the correct user object.

class Drawing extends Eloquent {
    public function user() {
        return $this->belongsTo('User', 'user_id');
    }

    // this throws the relation error above, also I beleive this does two queries, anyway to improve this?
    public function userLink() {
        return $this->user->link;
    }
}

class User extends Eloquent {
    public function link() {
        return $this->morphTo('User', 'type', 'id');
    }
}

class Retailer extends Eloquent {
    public function user() {
        return $this->belongsTo('User', 'id');
    }
}

class Manufacturer extends Eloquent {
    public function user() {
        return $this->belongsTo('User', 'id');
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3864

Answers (1)

The Alpha
The Alpha

Reputation: 146191

Try this instead:

Drawing::first()->user->link;

or this:

// Drawing model
public function user()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('User', 'user_id');
}

// Drawing model
// Requires above relation
public function userLink()
{
    return $this->user->link;
}

Then:

$ulink = Drawing::first()->userLink();

Also check the Defining An Accessor.

Update: Just make changes to your method like this (Create an accessor):

public function getUserLinkAttribute()
{
    return $this->user->link;
}

Upvotes: 3

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