Accessing Related Models¶

Related models are available on the model directly using the relationship name. They are easily differentiated by their CamelCase naming conventions:

$group = $member->MemberGroup;

Setting Relationships¶

To set a relationship, simply assign the model or collection that you want to relate, and then save() to commit the change:

$member->MemberGroup = ee('Model')->get('MemberGroup', 1)->first();
$member->save();

Adding Related Models¶

To add additional models to a HasMany or HasAndBelongsToMany relationship, simply use PHP’s array syntax, or call add() with a model to add:

$member_group[] = $member;
$member_group->add($member);

Removing Related Models¶

To unset a relationship, simply assign NULL:

$member->MemberGroup = NULL;

To remove a related model from a collection, call remove() with the related model or its primary key value:

$member_group->remove($member);
$member_group->remove(5); // remove member_id 5