Where NOT in pivot table

Question

In Laravel we can setup relationships like so:

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


        

Answer 1

Ended up writing a scope for this like so:

public function scopeAvail($query)
{
    return $query->join('item_user', 'items.id', '<>', 'item_user.item_id')->where('item_user.user_id', Auth::user()->id);
}

And then call:

Items::avail()->get();

Works for now, but a bit messy. Would like to see something with a keyword like not:

Auth::user()->itemsNot();

Basically Eloquent is running the above query anyway, except with a = instead of a <>.