Laravel 4 - Choose Similar Models

Question

I have the following table

Schema::create('jokes_categories', function(Blueprint $table) {
    $table->increments('id');
    $table->string('name');
    $table->string('is_active');
    $table->timestamps();
});

Schema::create('jokes', function(Blueprint $table) {
    $table->increments('id');
    $table->string('content', 200)->unique();;
    $table->enum('is_active', array('Y', 'N'));
    $table->integer('category_id')->unsigned();
    $table->foreign('category_id')->references('id')->on('jokes_categories');
    $table->timestamps();
});

There category_idis a foreign key in the jokes table and it has a one-to-many relationship withjokes_categories

In the model, I have the following:

class Joke extends \Eloquent {

    public static $rules = array();

    // Don't forget to fill this array
    protected $fillable = array();

    public function JokesCategory(){
         return $this->belongsTo('JokesCategory');
    }
}

In the controller, I have the following:

$jokes = Joke::all();

But he does not pull joke_categories. name(I got the impression that defining a model directly would help deduce related models)

What could be the solution?

Answer 1

Your query is only in the Joke table.

You can load categories, i.e.

$jokes = Joke::with('JokesCategory')->get();

See docs: http://laravel.com/docs/eloquent#eager-loading

Answer 2

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public function jokesCategory()