Laravel, sort result on field from relation table? - laravel

Question

I have a list with gamers and another table with game stats.
My list code is:
$gamers = Gamer::with(['lastGameStat' => function($query) {
$query->orderBy('total_points', 'DESC');
}])->paginate(20);
relation:
public function lastGameStat() {
return $this->hasOne(GameStat::class, 'gamer_id', 'id')->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC');
}
in relation table I have field: total_points and with this code I thought it's possible to sort list of gamers by total_points $query->orderBy('total_points', 'DESC');
It doesn't work, can somebody give me an advice here how can I sort the result on a field from relation table?

Answer 1

I guess you'll need either another relation or custom scopes to fetch various game stats of a gamer.
Second relation
Gamer.php (your model)
class Gamer
{
public function bestGameStat()
{
return $this
->hasOne(GameStat::class)
->orderBy('total_points', 'DESC');
}
}
Custom scopes
Gamer.php
class Gamer
{
public function gameStat()
{
return $this->hasOne(GameStat::class);
}
}
GameStat.php
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
class GameStat
{
public function scopeBest(Builder $query)
{
return $query->orderBy('total_points', 'DESC');
}
}
In your controller:
$gamersWithTheirLatestGameStatistic = Gamer::with(['gameStat' => function($query) {
$query->latest();
}])->paginate(20);
$gamersWithTheirBestGameStatistic = Gamer::with(['gameStat' => function($query) {
$query->best();
}])->paginate(20);
Be aware as this is untested code and might not work.