New in Laravel 8.42: In an Eloquent model can define a relation that will get the newest (or oldest) item of another relation.
public function historyItems(): HasMany{ return $this ->hasMany(ApplicationHealthCheckHistoryItem::class) ->orderByDesc('created_at');} public function latestHistoryItem(): HasOne{ return $this ->hasOne(ApplicationHealthCheckHistoryItem::class) ->latestOfMany();}
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