StdClass to Eloquent

mengidd

replied 10 years ago

For your own sake, post additional information or you will not get any help with your problem.

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lovepizza

replied 10 years ago

For example I need to run a method in the model class:

class User extends Eloquent
{
	public function getAge()
	{
		$from = new DateTime($this->born);
		$to   = new DateTime('today');
		return $from->diff($to)->y;		
	}
}

But I need to execute an advanced query like this:

class UserController extends \BaseController
{
	public function index()
	{
		$users = DB::table('users')
			->select('users.*')
			->join('cities', 'users.city_id', '=', 'cities.id')
			->where('cities.name', '=', Input::get('city'))
			->get();
		
		return View::make('users.index')->with('users', $users);
	}
}

And I need to print the age of my user in Blade (ERROR HERE):

@foreach ($users as $user)
    <div class="result">
        {{{$user->username}}}"
        <div class="age">{{ $user->getAge() }}</div>
    </div>
@endforeach

Last updated 10 years ago.

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mengidd

replied 10 years ago

Solution

You should use Eloquent relationships instead of db and joins to accomplish what you are doing in your controller.

You would want a hasOne relationship. This is written on mobile and is not tested, but should work.

On your user model add something like this:

public function city() 
{
    return $this->hasOne('City');
}

To select the user, like you do in your controller:

$users = User::whereHas('city', function($q) {
    $q->where('name', Input::get('city'));
})->get();

Read about relationships in the documentation, it would have teached you this kind of stuff :-)

And just a tip for your getAge function. If you name the function getAgeAttribute instead you can retrieve it's return value by $model->age instead of $model->getAge().

Last updated 10 years ago.

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