How to work with more than one pivot tables in laravel?

@mallory_cormier 

To work with more than one pivot tables in Laravel, you can follow these steps:

1. Define your database structure: Create multiple tables with pivot relationships, and make sure to include the necessary foreign keys.
2. Define the Eloquent Models: Create a model for each table and define the relationships using the belongsToMany or hasManyThrough methods. Make sure to specify the pivot table and columns in the relationship definitions.
3. Use eloquent methods: Once you have defined the relationships, you can use Eloquent methods to access and manipulate the data. For example, you can use the attach, detach, sync, or updateExistingPivot methods to work with pivot table data.
4. Querying pivot tables: To query the pivot table data, you can use the withPivot method when defining relationships to include additional pivot table columns in the query result. You can also use the wherePivot or orWherePivot methods to filter the results based on pivot table column values.

Example:

Assuming you have three tables: users, roles, and role_user (as pivot table):

1. Define the relationships in the User and Role models:

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// User.php
class User extends Model
{
    public function roles()
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(Role::class)->withPivot('is_admin');
    }
}

// Role.php
class Role extends Model
{
    public function users()
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(User::class)->withPivot('is_admin');
    }
}

1. Use Eloquent methods to access and manipulate the data:

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$user = User::find(1);

// Attach a role to a user
$user->roles()->attach($roleId, ['is_admin' => true]);

// Detach a role from a user
$user->roles()->detach($roleId);

// Sync roles for a user (removes old roles and adds new ones)
$user->roles()->sync([$roleId1, $roleId2]);

1. Query pivot table data:

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$admins = User::where('is_admin', true)->get();

$users = Role::find($roleId)->users()->where('is_admin', false)->get();

By following these steps, you can easily work with multiple pivot tables in Laravel.