Use Pivot Table to Fetch Data from Main Table - laravel

Question

I am using two tables and a pivot table
Table 1 named calendars.
Table 2 named calendar_groups.
Pivot table calendar_calendar_group.
I'm trying to get data from Table 1 based on a where value in the pivot table. Where calendar_groups_id = 1 then use calendar_id to get data from table 1. I can't get it to work.
$event = new Calendar();
$event->orderBy('start', 'asc')
->whereHas('calendar_groups', function ($q) {
$q->wherePivot('calendar_groups_id', '=', '1');
})->with('calendar_groups')
->first();
This gives me the following error:
SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'pivot' in
'where clause'
This is the relationship:
public function calendar_groups()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(CalendarGroup::class);
}
Your help is very much appreciated.

Answer 1

I think #Tpojka is right here. If you're trying to get Calendar instances that belong to desired CalendarGroup then replace the code should look like this:
$event = new Calendar();
$group = 1;
$event->orderBy('start', 'asc')
->whereHas('calendar_groups', function ($q) use ($group) {
//$q->wherePivot('calendar_groups_id', '=', $group);
$q->where('id', '=', $group);
})->with('calendar_groups')
->first();
If I'm reading the documentation correctly wherePivot() should be used like this:
$event = new Calendar();
$event->calendar_groups()->wherePivot('some_pivot_column',1)->get();
But this would return you the CalendarGroup instances.
If you'd want to do it through Eloquent but without going all the way to the CalendarGroup then you'd probably need to create a Model (let's call it CalendarCalendarGroupPivot) for the pivot table and add another relation (hasMany('CalendarCalendarGroupPivot')) to your Calendar model.

Answer 2

Ok finally got it working.
I used your suggestions but still don't understand a little part of it.
When I use the suggestions made:
$event = new Calendar;
$event->orderBy('start', 'asc')
->whereHas('calendar_groups', function($q) {
$q->where('calendar_group_id', '=', '1');
})->with('calendar_groups')
->first();
I get an empty collection.
But if I run this:
$event = Calendar::orderBy('start', 'asc')
->whereHas('calendar_groups', function($q) {
$q->where('calendar_group_id', '=', '1');
})->with('calendar_groups')
->first();
I get the desired results
Can anybody tell me the difference between so I can learn from it?