I am working with Laravel 5 and I am having issue getting ->wherePivot()
to work on a Many-to-Many relationship. When I dd()
the SQL it looks like Eloquent is looking for records in the pivot table with a `pose_state`.`pose_id` is null`.
I am hoping it is a simple error and not a bug. Any ideas are appreciated.
Database Structure
pose
id
name
type
state
id
name
machine_name
pose_state
pose_id
state_id
status
Models
Pose
<?php namespace App;
use DB;
use App\State;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Pose extends Model {
public function states()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\State')
->withPivot('status_id')
->withTimestamps();
}
public function scopeWithPendingReviews()
{
return $this->states()
->wherePivot('status_id',10);
}
}
State
<?php namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class State extends Model {
public function poses()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('Pose')
->withPivot('status_id')
->withTimestamps();
}
}
PosesController function
public function listPosesForReview(){
$poses = Pose::withPendingReviews()->get();
dd($poses->toArray() );
}
SQL
select
`states`.*, `pose_state`.`pose_id` as `pivot_pose_id`,
`pose_state`.`state_id` as `pivot_state_id`,
`pose_state`.`status_id` as `pivot_status_id`,
`pose_state`.`created_at` as `pivot_created_at`,
`pose_state`.`updated_at` as `pivot_updated_at`
from
`states` inner join `pose_state` on `states`.`id` = `pose_state`.`state_id`
where
`pose_state`.`pose_id` is null and `pose_state`.`status_id` = ?
EDIT
When I updated my code to removing the scope it worked. Thanks @Deefour for putting me on the right path! Maybe scope has something else to that I am missing.
public function pendingReviews()
{
return $this->states()
->wherePivot('status_id','=', 10);
}
YET ANOTHER EDIT
I finally got this to work. The solution above was giving me duplicate entries. No idea why this works, but it does, so I will stick with it.
public function scopeWithStatusCode($query, $tag)
{
$query->with(['states' => function($q) use ($tag)
{
$q->wherePivot('status_id','=', $tag);
}])
->whereHas('states',function($q) use ($tag)
{
$q->where('status_id', $tag);
});
}
I think your implementation of scopeWithPendingReviews()
is an abuse of the intended use of scopes.
That aside, I believe you're not using wherePivot()
properly. According to the source, the method signature is
public function wherePivot($column, $operator = null, $value = null, $boolean = 'and')
but you're treating it as
public function wherePivot($column, $value = null, $boolean = 'and')
This means
->wherePivot('status_id',10)
should be
->wherePivot('status_id', '=', 10)
Responding to Comments
A scope should be thought of as a reusable set of conditions to append to an existing query, even if that query is simply
SomeModel::newQuery()
The idea is that a pre-existing query would be further refined (read: 'scoped') by the conditions within the scope method, not to generate a new query, and definitely not to generate a new query based on an associated model.
By default, the first and only argument passed to a scope method is the query builder instance itself.
Your scope implementation on your Pose
model was really a query against the states
table as soon as you did this
$this->states()
This is why your SQL appears as it does. It's also a clear indicator you're misusing scopes. A scope might instead look like this
public function scopeWithPendingReviews($query) {
$query->join('pose_state', 'poses.id', '=', 'pose_state.pose.id')
->where('status_id', 10);
}
Unlike your new pendingReviews()
method which is returning a query based on the State
model, this scope will refine a query on the Pose
model.
Now you can use your scope as you originally intended.
$poses = Pose::withPendingReviews();
which could be translated into the more verbose
$poses = Pose::newQuery()->withPendingReviews();
Notice also the scope above doesn't return a value. It's accepting the existing query builder object and adding onto it.
The other answer to this question is filled with misinformation.
- You cannot use
wherePivot()
as is claims.
- Your use of
withTimestamps()
is not at all related to your problem
- You don't have to do any "custom work" to get timestamps working. Adding the
withTimestamps()
call as you did is all that is needed. Just make sure you have a created_at
and updated_at
column in your join table.
I think that your implementation of scopes is fine, the problem I see is just a typo. Your schema shows that the field is called status
but your where condition is referring to a status_id
Try:
->wherePivot('status', 10);
Also, the withTimestamps()
method is causing issues. You don't have timestamps in your schema for the pivot (as I can see) so you shouldn't be putting these in the your relation definitions as it's trying to fetch the timestamps relating to when the relation was created/updated. You can do this if you set up your pivot table schema to have the timestamp fields, but I think you'll have to do some custom work to get the timestamps to save properly.
This worked for me (Laravel 5.3):
$task = App\Models\PricingTask::find(1);
$task->products()->wherePivot('taggable_type', 'product')->get();
You can also have this problem (return no results) if the column you are using in wherePivot
hasn't been added to withPivot
.