Laravel Eloquent Relationships Explained: BelongsTo And HasMany
Laravel's Eloquent ORM simplifies database interactions through relationships like belongsTo (County) & hasMany (Wards)
Laravel's Eloquent ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) simplifies database interactions by allowing developers to define relationships between different models. This article explores the relationships in the Constituency model, specifically the belongsTo relationship with the County model and the hasMany relationship with the Ward model.
The Constituency Model
The Constituency model represents a constituency in a given county, containing the relationships to both the County and the Ward models. Here’s the complete model definition:
class Constituency extends Model
{
// Other model p...