John Davidson

Message:

I have a User Model class that uses UserHasTeams trait, and this User class has a relationship method called projects. Now my question is, is it possible that somehow this projects method ignores the trait UserHasTeams because it appends the team_id in the where clause of my eloquent query, which I don't want. Here is the code

<?php



namespace App;



class User extends Authenticatable

{

    use Notifiable, Billable, UserHasTeams;



    /**

     * The attributes that are mass assignable.

     *

     * @var array

     */

    protected $fillable = [

        'name', 'email', 'password', 'company_id', 'role', 'status', 'trial_ends_at',

        'address_line_1', 'address_line_2', 'city', 'state', 'zipcode', 'country_id'

    ];



    /**

     * The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.

     *

     * @var array

     */

    protected $hidden = [

        'password', 'remember_token',

    ];



    /**

     * The attributes that should be cast to native types.

     *

     * @var array

     */

    protected $casts = [

        'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',

    ];



    protected $dates = ['trial_ends_at'];



    public function company() {

      return $this->belongsTo(Company::class);

    }



    public function projects() {

      return $this->hasMany(Project::class);

    }

}

whenever I use Project::all(), it appends team_id which is accepted but for some instances, I don't want this projects method to use Trait, is It possible? If yes, how?

Thanks in advance.

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My Answer:
Yes, it is possible to ignore a trait in a specific method of an Eloquent model class. In your case, if you want the `projects()` method to ignore the `UserHasTeams` trait and not append the `team_id` in the where clause of your eloquent query, you can override the method in your `User` model class.

You can create a new method called `projectsWithoutTeams()` in your `User` model class and define the relationship without using the trait. Here is an example:

php
public function projectsWithoutTeams() {
return $this->hasMany(Project::class);
}


Now, when you want to retrieve projects without the `team_id` appended in the query, you can use the `projectsWithoutTeams()` method instead of the `projects()` method.

php
$projects = $user->projectsWithoutTeams()->get();


This way, you can have more control over which relationships to use in your Eloquent queries and ignore the traits when needed.