Laravel 5.7 Get data from Pivot Table - laravel

Question

I'm trying to get data from my pivot table.
clients table:
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id | name
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1 | John
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2 | Steve
orders table:
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id | description
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1 | Mac
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2 | Keyboard
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3 | Printer
client_order (pivot)table:
id | client_id | order_id
---|-----------|------
1 | 1 1
---|-----------|------
2 | 1 | 2
---|-----------|------
3 | 2 | 3
Client.php
public function orders()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Order','client_order');
}
Order.php
public function clients()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Client','client_order');
}
Now, how can I retrieve data from pivot table? For example:
John | Mac, Keyboard (2 orders)
Steve| Printer (1 orders)
Thank you.

Answer 1

For client:
$client = Client::find(1); //or anyway you create the client
$client->orders; //it gives you a collection that you can get data
in a foreach loop
//for example
foreach($client->orders as $order){
echo $order->description;
}
For order:
$order = Order::find(1); //or anyway you create order
$order->clients; //it gives you a collection too
//for example
foreach($order->clients as $client){
echo $client->name;
}
This is for your new comment. First you select your users and then in a loop you can get the orders:
$clients = Client::all();
foreach($clients as $client){
echo $client->name." | ";
foreach($client->orders as $order){
echo $order->description;
}
echo "(".count($client->orders)." orders)";
}

Answer 2

You can achieve that using the relations as #Rouhollah Mazarei said, but you can also use the own pivot table to retrieve this information:
$clientsOrders = DB::table('client_order')->where('client_id', $clientId)->count()->get();
This will return to you how many orders this client made, you just need to inform his id.