Laravel Model request with several joins - laravel

Question

While I am able to make simple requests with Model, I can't say the same for more complicated ones.
I know I don't necessarily have to use Model and can use DB facade but still, I want to know how it's supposed to be done.
Here's a request I made using DB :
DB::table('relationships')
->Join('users','users.id','=','relationships.user_id')
->Join('roles','roles.id','=','relationships.role_id')
->Join('bundles','bundles.id','=','relationships.related_id')
->Join('pools','bundles.id','=','pools.bundle_id')
->whereIn('pools.name',$pools)
->whereIn('roles.name',$roles)
->select('users.first_name','users.last_name','users.mail_address','roles.name AS role_name','bundles.name AS bundle_name', 'pools.name AS pool_name')
->get();
On a first attempt, I tried this:
User::whereHas('relationships', function($req) use($roles) {
$req->whereHas('bundle', function($req){
$req->whereIn('name', $pools);
});
$req->whereHas('role', function ($req){
$req->whereIn('name', $roles);
});
})
->with('relationships', 'relationships.role:id,name', 'relationships.bundle:id,name')
->get();
}
Problem is, using "with" just select everything unconditionally, ignoring previous tests you made earlier (whereHas, whereIn).
So I'd have to again filter on each table in the with statement.
Then I ended up doing this:
$pools = request()->input('pools.*.name');
return $prepReq = User::whereHas('relationships', function($req) use($pools, $roles) {
$req->whereHas('bundle', function($req) use ($pools){
$req->whereHas('pools', function($req) use ($pools){
$req->whereIn('name', $pools);
});
});
$req->whereHas('role', function ($req){
$req->whereIn('name', $roles);
});
})
->with(['relationships' => function ($query) use($pools, $roles){
$query->whereHas('role', function ($query){
$query->whereIn('name', $roles)
->select('id','name');
})->select('id','name');
}])
->get(['id', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'mail_address']);
Then I got lost into this and gave up.
Another thing that made me sweat is that when you go nested using "with", you can select columns only on the last table.
For example: "relations.bundle.pools" => I can select columns on pools but not on relationships or bundles, does that mean i have to imbricate with statements for each table ?
As you can see, I am a bit clueless on how things are supposed to be done
I would like any advice or help regarding this matter
Thanks in advance for your time

Answer 1

When using Laravel, you should be setting up the eloquent relationships for each model
Based on your select statement from above, and assuming you want to get the user, bundle, role, and pool, then I would do the following, may be off depending on how your actual DB and models are set up
// Relationship.php
public function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
}
public function role()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Role::class);
}
public function bundle()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Bundle::class, 'id', 'related_id');
}
// Bundle.php
public function relationship()
{
return $this->hasOne(Relationship::class, 'related_id');
}
// Role.php
public function relationship()
{
return $this->hasOne(Relationship::class);
}
// Pool.php
public function bundle()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Bundle::class);
}
Then you could do something like
Pool::with('bundle.relationship.user')->whereIn('name', $pools);
Role::with('relationship.user')->whereIn('name', $roles);