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This guide helps Laravel beginners create a `many-to-many` relationship among three models — disciplines, specialties, and categories — using a pivot model.
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Understanding Many-to-Many Relationships in Laravel 8.x: Connecting Models Efficiently

As a beginner in Laravel, you might find it challenging to establish relationships between multiple models, especially when dealing with complex many-to-many associations. One common scenario arises when you need to connect three models—disciplines, specialties, and categories—using a pivot table. In this post, we will explore how to effectively set up these relationships and access the data you need.

The Problem

You have three tables:

Disciplines: Contains discipline data

Specialties: Contains specialty data

Categories: Contains category data

Additionally, you have a pivot table named discipline_specialty, which connects disciplines and specialties. The challenge is to relate categories with this pivot table so that you can access category names using discipline and specialty IDs.

Proposed Solution

To solve this problem, the best approach involves introducing a new pivot model that connects all three entities. This addition allows you to create a many-to-many relationship among the disciplines, specialties, and categories through a junction table.

Step 1: Create a New Pivot Model

You will create a new model called DisciplineSpecialityCategory. This model will serve as the junction point for your many-to-many relationships.

Step 2: Define the Pivot Table

The new pivot table discipline_speciality_category will contain the following foreign keys:

discipline_id

speciality_id

category_id

This structure allows you to link a discipline with a specialty and a category together.

Step 3: Update the Model Definitions

Now, let's define the relationships in each model:

Discipline Model

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Specialty Model

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Category Model

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DisciplineSpecialityCategory Model

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Step 4: Accessing Data

With your models set up correctly, you can now access the category names through the DisciplineSpecialityCategory model. This allows you to easily retrieve and manipulate related data among the disciplines, specialties, and categories.

Conclusion

By introducing a new pivot model (DisciplineSpecialityCategory) to manage the relationships among three entities, you can efficiently access the necessary data without losing clarity. This method adheres to Laravel's elegant Eloquent ORM structure, making it easier for developers to work with relational data.

If you're new to Laravel, take the time to familiarize yourself with many-to-many relationships and pivot tables as they are powerful tools for managing related data in your applications. Happy coding!