Laravel get Messaging with Elouqent - laravel

Question

I have three tables and models
profile
messages
users
I have three Models
1. Profile
2. Message
3. Users
profile table: id|user_id|profile_image
messages table: id|message|user_id|friend_id
user table : id|name|etc
I am getting only messages but I want to get these messages with profile and username.
$chat=Message::where(function ($query) use($id){
$query->where('user_id',Auth::user()->id)->where('friend_id',$id);
})->orWhere(function ($query) use($id){
$query->where('user_id',$id)->where('friend_id',Auth::user()->id);
})->get();

Answer 1

What you're looking for is relationships found here.
You have to define relationships in the model who owns any amount of other models or viceverse.
Following what you give us in your question, your Models probably should be structured like this:
<?php
class Profile extends Model {
// a profile belongs to an user
function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Model\User', 'user_id');
}
}
And then, in your User model.
<?php
class User extends Model {
// an user has many profiles
function profiles()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Model\Profile', 'id');
}
// an user has many messages
function messages()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Model\Message', 'id');
}
}
And finally, in your Message model.
<?php
class Message extends Model {
// a message belongs to an user
function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Model\User', 'user_id');
}
// a message was sent to one friend
function friend()
{
return $this->hasOne('App\Model\Friend', 'friend_id');
}
}
That's how you make relationships in Laravel, you can found the documentation here depending of the Laravel version you are using.
Finally, you can use Eloquent like this.
Profile::with('user)->get();
Message::with('user')->get();
$message = Message::find(1)->user()->where('etc', 'etc')->first();