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Quick Tip

Use withCount() to Calculate Child Relationships Records

If you have hasMany() relationship, and you want to calculate “children” entries, don’t write a special query. For example, if you have posts and comments on your User model, write this withCount():

public function index()
{
$users = User::withCount(['posts', 'comments'])->get();
return view('users', compact('users'));
}

And then, in your Blade file, you will access those number with {relationship}_count properties:

@foreach ($users as $user)
<tr>
<td>{{ $user->name }}</td>
<td class="text-center">{{ $user->posts_count }}</td>
<td class="text-center">{{ $user->comments_count }}</td>
</tr>
@endforeach

You may also order by that field:

User::withCount('comments')->orderBy('comments_count', 'desc')->get();

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