Eloquent eager load Order by

Question

I have problem with eloquent query. I am using eager loading (one to one Relationship) to get \'student\' With the \'exam\', Using the code

Answer 1

You could use \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation and query scopes to add far column through relationship, I wrote a traits for this, it misses HasOne o HasMany but having BelongsTo and BelongsToMany could easily adapted

Also the method could be enhanced to support more than depth 1 for multiple chained relationship, I made room for that

$relationName();
            } else {
                throw new BadMethodCallException("Relationship $relationName does not exist, cannot join.");
            }
            $currentTable = $currentModel->getTable();
            if ($relationIndex == 0) {
                $query->addSelect($currentTable . '.*');
            }
            $relatedModel = $relation->getRelated();
            /**
             * @var string
             */
            $relatedTable = $relatedModel->getTable();

            if ($relation instanceof BelongsTo) {
                foreach ($columns as $alias => $column) {
                    $tableAlias = $tableAliasPrefix . $relationIndex;
                    $tableAndAlias = $relatedTable . ' AS ' . $tableAlias;
                    /**
                     * Al momento gestisce soltanto la prima relazione
                     * todo: navigare le far relationships e creare delle join composte
                     */
                    if (!isset($subQueries[$alias])) {
                        $subQueries[$alias] = $currentQuery = DB::query()
                            ->from($tableAndAlias)
                            ->whereColumn(
                                $relation->getQualifiedForeignKey() , // 'child-table.fk-column'
                                '=' ,
                                $tableAlias . '.' . $relation->getOwnerKey()  // 'parent-table.id-column'
                            )
                            ->select($tableAlias . '.' . $column);
                        // se la colonna ha una chiave stringa e' un alias
                        /**
                         * todo: in caso di relazioni multiple aggiungere solo per la piu lontana
                         */
                        if (is_string($alias)) {
                            $query->selectSub($currentQuery , $alias);
                        } else {
                            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Columns must be an associative array');
                        }
                    } 
                    else {
                        throw new \Exception('Multiple relation chain not implemented yet');
                    }
                } // end foreach 
            } // endif
            else if ($relation instanceof BelongsToMany) {
                foreach ($columns as $alias => $column) {

                    $tableAlias = $tableAliasPrefix . $relationIndex;
                    $tableAndAlias = $relatedTable . ' AS ' . $tableAlias;

                    if (!isset($subQueries[$alias])) {
                        $pivotTable = $relation->getTable();
                        $subQueries[$alias] = $currentQuery = DB::query()
                            ->from($tableAndAlias)
                            ->select($tableAlias . '.' . $column)
                            // final table vs pivot table
                            ->join(
                                $pivotTable ,                               // tabelle pivot
                                $relation->getQualifiedRelatedKeyName() ,    // pivot.fk_related_id
                                '=' ,
                                $tableAlias . '.' . $relatedModel->getKeyName() // related_with_alias.id
                            )
                            ->whereColumn(
                                $relation->getQualifiedForeignKeyName() ,
                                '=' ,
                                $relation->getParent()->getQualifiedKeyName()
                            );

                        if (is_string($alias)) {
                            $query->selectSub($currentQuery , $alias);
                        } else {
                            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Columns must be an associative array');
                        }
                    } 
                    else {
                        throw new \Exception('Multiple relation chain not implemented yet');
                    }
                } // end foreach 
            } else {
                throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
                    sprintf("Relation $relationName of type %s is not supported" , get_class($relation))
                );
            }
            $currentModel = $relatedModel;
            $relationIndex++;
        } // end foreach 
    }

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     * @param $length
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