Laravel - Sub-categories display under Main categories

Question

Hi there
I have one problem with categories and sub-categories
I have table like:

ID----- Name---- ParentID
1 ------- A ---------

Answer 1

Using Eloquent you can use a hasMany() relationship to relate the table to itself.

Try creating a new method on your model, like so:

class Category extends Eloquent 
{

    ...

    public function children()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('Category','ParentId');   
    }
}

Then you should be able to get a list of sub categories for any given ID.

$categories = Category::where('ID','=','1')->with('children')->get();

Alternatively, the query suggested by deczo in the comments is a lot simpler, I would recommend using this instead.

Category::with('children')->find(1);