Load all relationships for a model

Question

Usually to eager load a relationship I would do something like this:

Model::with(\'foo\', \'bar\', \'baz\')...

A solution might be to set

Answer 1

I wouldn't use static methods like suggested since... it's Eloquent ;) Just leverage what it already offers - a scope.

Of course it won't do it for you (the main question), however this is definitely the way to go:

// SomeModel
public function scopeWithAll($query)
{
    $query->with([ ... all relations here ... ]); 
    // or store them in protected variable - whatever you prefer
    // the latter would be the way if you want to have the method
    // in your BaseModel. Then simply define it as [] there and use:
    // $query->with($this->allRelations); 
}

This way you're free to use this as you like:

// static-like
SomeModel::withAll()->get();

// dynamically on the eloquent Builder
SomeModel::query()->withAll()->get();
SomeModel::where('something', 'some value')->withAll()->get();

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Also, in fact you can let Eloquent do it for you, just like Doctrine does - using doctrine/annotations and DocBlocks. You could do something like this:

// SomeModel

/**
 * @Eloquent\Relation
 */
public function someRelation()
{
  return $this->hasMany(..);
}

It's a bit too long story to include it here, so learn how it works: http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-orm/en/latest/reference/annotations-reference.html