How many types do you have? A switch statement might work well.
class Project extends Model {
public function type()
{
switch ($this->$type)
{
case 'wordpress':
return $this->hasOne('App\WordpressProject');
case 'anotherType':
return $this->hasOne('App\AnotherTypeOfProject');
}
}
}
It seems basically the same logic. So it is not a bad way to do it? Making relationships conditional by putting if statement around Eloquent relationship.
I couldn't comment if there is logically a better solution. It certainly is not a bad one. I assumed that you wanted a way to express the possibility of having many relationships that's all.
There seems to be a new related video on Laracast about this problem although the video does not cover the situation when there are different fields/columns needed depending on the type (e.g. user of type admin may have more data than regular users).
Check out the polymorphic relations documentation. This might be what you need.
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