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Roman Khegay
Roman Khegay

Reputation: 183

Eloquent ORM | Laravel's hasMany (more than 1) relation

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I'm usign Laravel. The question is about relations in Eloquent.

Item might have 1 or more than 1 types.

Item.php:

public function types() 
{
    return $this->hasMany('App\Type');
}

Type.php:

public function items() 
{
    return $this->belongsToMany('App\Item');
}

Item table:

id
name

Type table:

id
name

The question

I have 4 types. Item №1 has 2 types, Item №2 has 1 type. How should I store item types in database?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 609

Answers (1)

Alexey Mezenin
Alexey Mezenin

Reputation: 163748

You need to define two belongsToMany()relationships. In the Item model:

public function types() 
{
    return $this->belongsToMany('App\Type');
}

And in the Type model:

public function items() 
{
    return $this->belongsToMany('App\Item');
}

Also, create the item_type pivot table.

To work with this many-to-many relationship use the attach(), detach() and sync() methods.

Upvotes: 1

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