Laravel nested cross database relation - laravel

Question

Why set connection does not work in nested relation?
Follower.php
class Follower extends Model {
$connection = 'followers';
public function details() {
return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'user_id');
}
}
User.php
class User extends Model {
$connection = 'users';
protected $withCount = ['notifications'];
public function notifications() {
return $this->setConnection('followers')->hasMany('App\Models\Notifications');
}
}
and the query:
Follower::query()->where('user_id', 1)->with('details')->get();
and it throws :
SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table
'users.notifications' doesn't exist (SQL: select ` ....
But when I try this it works very well
User::with('notifications')->find(1);
Update
Notification.php
class Notification extends Model
{
protected $fillable = [
'user_id',
'builder',
'notification_type',
'comment_id',
'read_at'
];
}

Answer 1

This is a known issue with laravel since 2018, for more information see this thread , also there is a open pull request to fix this issue and will get fixed till next release
for now you can use hoyvoy/laravel-cross-database-subqueries package
install package using this
composer require hoyvoy/laravel-cross-database-subqueries
Follower.php
use Hoyvoy\CrossDatabase\Eloquent\Model;
class Follower extends Model {
$connection = 'followers';
public function details() {
return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'user_id');
}
}
User.php
use Hoyvoy\CrossDatabase\Eloquent\Model;
class User extends Model {
$connection = 'users';
protected $withCount = ['notifications'];
public function notifications() {
return $this->setConnection('followers')->hasMany('App\Models\Notifications');
}
}
for every model you have add the default protected $connection