laravel, displaying data from another table - laravel

Question

I am trying to solve following problem:
I have 3 tables : passports ,statuses and passport_statuses, (passport_statuses table is the pivot table formed because of many to many relationship between passports and statuses. The model are like below:
passport model
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Passport extends Model
{
protected $fillable=[
'Full_Name',
'Date_of_Birth',
'Passport_Number',
'comments',
'Delivered_to_owner'
];
public function status()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Statuses',"passport_statuses","passport_id","statuses_id")->withTimestamps();
}
public function LatestStatus($query)
{
//dd($this->status[0]);
$allStatus=$this->status()->orderBy('updated_at')->first();
dd($allStatus);
//return $allStatus[0]->Status_Name;
//dd($allStatus[0]->attributes["Status_Name"]);
//dd($this->status()->get());
//return $allStatus[0]->attributes["Status_Name"];
//dd($allStatus);
}
}
Statuses model
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Statuses extends Model
{
protected $fillable=[
'Status_Name'
];
public function passport()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Passport')->withTimestamps();
}
}
passportstatus model
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class PassportStatus extends Model
{
protected $fillable=[
'passport_id',
'statuses_id'
];
}
So I was able to save the passport status in the pivot table. Now I a trying to display the the latest status of that passport in the index page.
index page snapshot
saving passport details
my index view
#extends('admin.adminmaster')
#section('content')
<h2>Passport list </h2>
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="passport/create" role="button">+ Add New Passport</a>
<hr>
<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Passport Number</th>
<th>Status</th>
</tr>
#foreach($passports as $passport)
<tr>
<td><h4> {{$passport->Full_Name}}</h4></td>
<td>{{$passport->Passport_Number}}</td>
{{--<td>{{dd($passport->status())}}</td>--}}
<td><a class="btn btn-warning" href="{{action('PassportController#edit', [$passport->id])}}" role="button">Edit</a>
<td><a class="btn btn-danger" href="{{action('PassportController#destroy',[$passport->id])}}" role="button"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-trash"></span> Delete</a>
</td>
</tr>
#endforeach
</table>
#endsection
Controller
public function index()
{
$passports=Passport::latest()->get();
return view('admin.passport.index')->with('passports',$passports);
}
public function create()
{
$statuses=Statuses::lists('Status_Name','id');
return view('admin.passport.create')->with('statuses',$statuses);
}
public function store(Request $request)
{
$passport=Passport::create($request->all());
$passport->status()->attach($request->input('Status_Name'));
return redirect('admin/passport');
}
public function show($id)
{
$passports=Passport::findorFail($id);
return view('admin.passport.show')->with('passports',$passports);
}

Answer 1

You can add a function to your model that gets the latest status, and then you can use that function inside your view. This new function is not a new relationship, it is just a standard function.
class Passport extends Model
{
public function status() {
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Statuses',"passport_statuses","passport_id","statuses_id")->withTimestamps();
}
// this is not a relationship. just a standard method on the model.
public function latestStatus() {
return $this->status()->latest()->first();
}
}
In your view:
<td>{{ $passport->latestStatus()->Status_Name }}</td>