Laravel hasMany with where

Question

I have 3 tables, Cars, Flats and Shops. Each table has its photos. Photos is stored in database. I want to use only one table for photos, I don\'t want to create Photos table fo

Answer 1

You can make use of Eloquent's Polymorphic relationships. The example in the Laravel Documentation actually showcases setting up a common images table for multiple models, so that should point you in the right direction. In your case something your models would look something like this:

class Photo extends Eloquent {

    public function imageable()
    {
        return $this->morphTo();
    }

}

class Car extends Eloquent {

    public function photos()
    {
        return $this->morphMany('Photo', 'imageable');
    }

}

class Flat extends Eloquent {

    public function photos()
    {
        return $this->morphMany('Photo', 'imageable');
    }

}

class Shop extends Eloquent {

    public function photos()
    {
        return $this->morphMany('Photo', 'imageable');
    }

}

And you could access the photos for, let's say a given Flat, like this:

Flat::find($id)->photos;

For this to work you'd also need to add 2 additional columns to your photos table:

imageable_id: integer  <-- This will be the ID of the model
imageable_type: string <-- This will be the model's class name (Car/Flat/Shop)