Laravel Search Relationship

Question

I have two models which are related. I am trying to do a search in Products and only display the actual search results instead of ALL products of the category in which the produ

Answer 1

I don't know what how are you viewing the results, but I think if you just eager load the products on the categories you should be good.

$categories = Categories::whereHas('products', function ($query) use ($searchString){
        $query->where('name', 'like', '%'.$searchString.'%');
    })
    ->with(['products' => function($query) use ($searchString){
        $query->where('name', 'like', '%'.$searchString.'%');
    }])->get();

foreach($categories as $category){
    echo $category->name . ':' . PHP_EOL;
    foreach($category->products as $product){
        echo . '-' . $product->name . PHP_EOL;
    }
}