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3-Level Parent-Children: with() and withCount()

If you have a 3-level structure of parent-children, like categories in an e-shop, and you want to show the number of products on the third level, you can use with('yyy.yyy') and then add withCount() as a condition

class HomeController extend Controller
{
public function index()
{
$categories = Category::query()
->whereNull('category_id')
->with(['subcategories.subcategories' => function($query) {
$query->withCount('products');
}])->get();
}
}
class Category extends Model
{
public function subcategories()
{
return $this->hasMany(Category::class);
}
 
public function products()
{
return $this->hasMany(Product::class);
}
}
<ul>
@foreach($categories as $category)
<li>
{{ $category->name }}
@if ($category->subcategories)
<ul>
@foreach($category->subcategories as $subcategory)
<li>
{{ $subcategory->name }}
@if ($subcategory->subcategories)
<ul>
@foreach ($subcategory->subcategories as $subcategory)
<li>{{ $subcategory->name }} ({{ $subcategory->product_count }})</li>
@endforeach
</ul>
@endif
</li>
@endforeach
</ul>
@endif
</li>
@endforeach
</ul>

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