Laravel 10: Issues with loading related models conditionally based on user roles
I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple. I'm working on a project and hit a roadblock. I'm working on a Laravel 10 application where I need to load related models conditionally based on the user's role. I have a `User` model that can either be an `Admin` or a `User`, and depending on the role, I want to load different related models. However, I'm facing challenges in implementing this correctly using Eloquent relationships. Here's a simplified version of my User model and the relationships: ```php // User.php class User extends Authenticatable { public function adminDetails() { return $this->hasOne(AdminDetail::class); } public function userDetails() { return $this->hasOne(UserDetail::class); } } ``` With this setup, I attempted to load the related model in my controller like this: ```php // UserController.php public function show($id) { $user = User::find($id); $role = $user->role; // Assume role is a column in the users table if ($role === 'admin') { $user->load('adminDetails'); } else { $user->load('userDetails'); } return view('user.show', compact('user')); } ``` The issue arises when I try to access the related details in my Blade view. If the user is an admin, everything works fine, but when the user is a regular user, the `userDetails` are not being loaded. I get an empty collection instead of the expected data. I've double-checked the database and confirmed that the related `userDetails` exist. I also tried using `with()` instead of `load()`, but that didn't change anything. Additionally, I made sure that the `role` field is being retrieved correctly. I'm wondering if there's a better way to conditionally load these relationships or if I'm missing something in my approach that could lead to the `userDetails` not being populated. Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! For context: I'm using Php on Windows. I'm working on a API that needs to handle this. Thanks in advance! I'm working on a web app that needs to handle this. Has anyone else encountered this?