Laravel: get data from variouos tables based on optional conditions - laravel

Question

I want to write a query based on optional condition that will fetch data from different tables. My schema looks like
myboxes Table
id,
type_id --> foreign key to box_type table
postal_code
po_box
created_at
updated_at
mybox_access table
id
mybox_id -> foreign key to myboxes table
email
box_type table
id
type_name
And here are my models
MyBox.php
class MyBox extends Model {
public function type() {
return this->hasOne(BoxType::class, 'id', 'type_id');
}
public function access() id
return this->hasOne(MyBoxAccess::class, 'mybox_id', 'type_id');
}
}
MyBoxType.php has following relation ship
public function mybox() {
return this->hasOne(MyBox::class, 'id', 'type_id');
}
And MyBoxAccess.php has following relationship
public function vbox() {
return $this->belongsTo(MyBox::class, 'id', 'mybox_id');
}
Now I want to get based on following condition
I have email as required param and postal_code and po_box as optional params (but one of them will be must and both can also be present).
So I want to get data of all my_boxes that have type_id 3 OR all myboxes whoes id matches to email in mybox_access table AND postal_code or po_box matches to params in myboxes table
For simple match of params postal code and po_box I can write some thing like
$result = new MyBox();
if(!empty($request['postal_code'])) {
$result->where('postal_code', like, '%'.$request['postal_code']);
}
if(!empty($request['po_box'])) {
$result->where('po_box', like, '%'.$request['po_box']);
}
$result = $result->get();
But I don't know how to get data for above mentioned condition. When I try to do using with() like
MyBox::with(['access' => function(Builder $query) use ($request){
$query->where('mybox_id',$request['id']);
}])->get();
I get
`Argument 1 Passed to {closure} () must be an instance of Illuminat\Database\Query\Builder, instance of Illuminate\Databaase\Eloquent\Relation\HasOne given`
Can any body please let me know how can I get data based on above mentioned condition

Answer 1

$query is a relationship, not a builder instance.
So this should not throw any Exception.
MyBox::with(['access' => function ($query) {
$query->where('mybox_id', $request['id']);
}])->get();
But I don't think it'd resole your issue because your Box <=> Access relationship is not right. It should be HasMany.
// MyBox.php
public function type()
{
return $this->hasOne(BoxType::class, 'id', 'type_id');
}
public function access()
{
return $this->hasMany(MyBoxAccess::class, 'mybox_id', 'id');
}
Then in your Controller you could do this.
// $results where type_id is 3
$results = MyBox::where('type_id', 3)->get();
// List of boxes accessible by email
$results = MyBox::whereHas('access', function ($query) {
$query->where('email', request()->input('email'));
})->get();
// Results where postal_code and po_box matches the request
$results = MyBox::with('access')->where(function ($query) {
if (request()->has('postal_code')) {
$query->where('postal_code', 'like', '%' . request()->input('postal_code'));
}
if (request()->has('po_box')) {
$query->where('po_box', 'like', '%' . request()->input('po_box'));
}
})->get();
And if you want to merge all conditions:
$results = MyBox::where(function ($query) {
if (request()->has('type_id')) {
$query->where('type_id', request()->input('type_id'));
}
if (request()->has('email')) {
$query->whereHas('access', function ($query) {
$query->where('email', request()->input('email'));
});
}
if (request()->has('postal_code')) {
$query->where('postal_code', 'like', '%' . request()->input('postal_code'));
}
if (request()->has('po_box')) {
$query->where('po_box', 'like', '%' . request()->input('po_box'));
}
})->get();
I always use the request() facade when using in closures, it feels cleaner to me.

Answer 2

Try this query:
MyBox::with('access')->get();