Laravel 5.8 Eloquent Model Relationship error - laravel

Question

I have a relationship between two models, User and Follower.
User hasMany Follower, and Follower belongsTo User.
In my followers table in the database I have two columns, follower_id and following_id. Both these columns refer to the id column in the users table.
My follower and users table
followers
id
follower_id
following_id
users
id
name
username
User Model
public function followers(){
return $this->hasMany('App\Follower', 'follower_id');
}
public function followings(){
return $this->hasMany('App\Follower', 'following_id');
}
Follower Model
public function user(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
In a test controller I am doing this:
$followed = Follower::find(2);
From here, I would like to select one of the columns, follower_id or following_id, and access the user that this particular row belongs to by using $followed->user->name. How would I go about that? Since I need to select a column before accessing, I am a little bit confused.
What can I do to access the data I need?

Answer 1

Your table should be :
followers
id
follower_id
following_id
user_id
users
id
name
username
In your Follower model :
public function user()
{
return $this->hasMany(Follower::class, 'user_id');
}
In your User model :
public function follower()
{
return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'user_id');
}
Then you can query like this :
$follower = Follower::with('user')->findorFail(2);
$user_name = $follower->user->name;