Join pivot has one array - laravel

Question

I guys, i have 2 relations tables, and when listing all my messages, is shown the pivot columns relation, but i need to show the data has one array, is there a method in eloquent cant make this happen?
I searched and i no that is possible manipulate with collection methods but i wonder if there is another way.
My Model query is:
public function messages()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(Message::class,'message_users')->withPivot('is_read','sent_at');
}
This is how it is:
{
"data": [
{
"id": 4,
"title": "test",
"body": "<p>test</p>",
"pivot": {
"user_id": 1,
"message_id": 4,
"is_read": 0,
"sent_at": "2019-06-05 12:59:11"
}
}
]
}
This is how i want:
{
"data": [
{
"id": 4,
"title": "test",
"body": "<p>test</p>",
"user_id": 1,
"message_id": 4,
"is_read": 0,
"sent_at": "2019-06-05 12:59:11"
}
]
}

Answer 1

You can do next: in User model write toArray() method as
/**
* Convert the model instance to an array.
*
* #return array
*/
public function toArray(): array
{
$attributes = $this->attributesToArray();
$attributes = array_merge($attributes, $this->relationsToArray());
// Detect if there is a pivot value and return that as the default value
if (isset($attributes['pivot'] && isset($attributes['pivot']['user_id']))) {
$attributes['user_id'] = $attributes['pivot']['user_id'];
$attributes['message_id'] = $attributes['pivot']['message_id'];
$attributes['is_read'] = $attributes['pivot']['is_read'];
$attributes['sent_at'] = $attributes['pivot']['sent_at'];
unset($attributes['pivot']);
}
return $attributes;
}