I have the following database tables:
users
- id
- name
seasons
- id
- name
teams
- id
- name
standings
- id
- season_d
- team_id
- user_id
fixtures
- id
- season_id
- home_team_id
- away_team_id
My question is, how would I get which user a team belongs to for a certain fixture? For example I may want to do the following:
$fixture = Fixture::find(1);
echo $fixture->homeTeam->user->name;
My models look like this:
Fixture Model
class Fixture extends Eloquent{
public function season(){
return $this->belongsTo('Season');
}
public function homeTeam(){
return $this->belongsTo('Team', 'home_team_id');
}
public function awayTeam(){
return $this->belongsTo('Team', 'away_team_id');
}
}
Team Model
class Team extends Eloquent{
public function standings(){
return $this->hasMany('Standing');
}
public function seasons(){
return $this->belongsToMany('Season', 'Standings');
}
public function users(){
return $this->belongsToMany('User', 'Standings');
}
}
Season Model
class Season extends Eloquent{
public function standings(){
return $this->hasMany('Standing');
}
public function teams(){
return $this->belongsToMany('Team', 'Standings');
}
public function users(){
return $this->belongsToMany('User', 'Standings');
}
public function fixtures(){
return $this->hasMany('Fixture');
}
}
I think I need to add a user function to the Team model instead of the current users function that's there, but I can't figure out the correct way to do the relationship. A team will only have one user for any given season. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
UPDATE
I have added the following relationships to the Fixture model, which allows me to get the user and team through the standings table:
public function homeTeamStanding(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\Modules\Leagues\Models\Standing', 'home_team_id', 'team_id')->where('season_id', $this->season_id);
}
public function awayTeamStanding(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\Modules\Leagues\Models\Standing', 'away_team_id', 'team_id')->where('season_id', $this->season_id);
}
The problem with this is that I can't use it with eager loading, so there's quite a lot of queries running, as when I try to eager load them $this->season_id is null. Surely there's a better way?
