Laravel Relationship with grabbing data - laravel

Question

I'm not really sure how to title this one, but I have been trying to follow the docs on Laravel about relationships and I'm not sure how to make this one in the model. I have a users model:
<?php
namespace App;
use Laravel\Passport\HasApiTokens;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use HasApiTokens, Notifiable;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'email', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'password',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password', 'remember_token', 'is_admin'
];
/**
* The attributes that should be mutated to dates.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $dates = [
'created_at',
'updated_at',
'email_verified_at'
];
public function companies()
{
return $this->hasManyThrough('App\Company', 'App\CompanyUser');
}
}
Then I have a companies model which is like the following:
<?php
namespace App;
use App\Traits\UserRelationsTrait;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Company extends Model
{
use UserRelationsTrait;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'name',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
];
/**
* The attributes that should be mutated to dates.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $dates = [
'created_at',
'updated_at'
];
public function users()
{
return $this->hasManyThrough('App\User', 'App\CompanyUser');
}
}
Next I have the intermediate table CompanyUsers
<?php
namespace App;
use App\Traits\UserRelationsTrait;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class CompanyUser extends Model
{
use UserRelationsTrait;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'company_id', 'role_id', 'user_id'
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
];
/**
* The attributes that should be mutated to dates.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $dates = [
'created_at',
'updated_at'
];
}
In my models I am able to do a user has many companies through the CompanyUser model but how do I make a relationship of a user has one role in a company through the CompanyUser table? So when I want the role the user has with the company I can use the model relation. This is the part of the relations I dont understand. Do I have to use the morphTo methods or am I able to specify a certain company?

Answer 1

You are trying to retrieve data from the pivot table
-- Btw, you don't need to create the model CompanyUser, you just need the table.
Take a look at Retrieving Intermediate Table Columns in the docs
$companies = $user->companies;
foreach( $companies as $company) {
echo $role_id = $company->pivot->role_id;
}