How do I fetch data for specific authenticated user in a Laravel many-to-many relationship? I have a page where it will display all the latest threads from all communities. However, I want to make sure it will only show the threads from a community where the currently login user belongs to. (I'm not sure if I made sense)

User.php

public function communities()
{
    return $this->belongsToMany(Community::class)->withTimestamps();
}

public function threads()
{
    return $this->hasMany(Thread::class);
}

Community.php

public function users()
{
    return $this->belongsToMany(User::class)->withTimestamps();
}

public function threads()
{
    return $this->hasMany(Thread::class);
}

Thread.php

public function user()
{
    return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'author_id', 'id');
}

public function community()
{
    return $this->belongsTo(Community::class);
}

This is how I fetched the data with no logged in user.

$threads = Thread::with(['user', 'community'])->orderBy('created_at')->paginate(20);

What I want to achieve is to get the latest threads from communities where the logged in user belongs to.

CodePudding user response：

You should be able to do it as easily as using the auth()->user() helper function:

$threads = auth()->user()->threads

And then perform whatever sorting or pagination you need.

CodePudding user response：

You can use auth to access to authenticated user, there are two ways to using it, First use auth directly and second use Auth Facade:

1. Directly

   $threads = auth()->users()->threads()

2. Facade

   $threads = Auth::user()->threads()