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Counting Related Models In Laravel
This Laravel quick tip will allow you to count model relations whilst ensuring you don't encounter an N+1 problem.
Very often when retrieving a model in Laravel, it is useful to load a count of related models at the same time. For example, when loading a blog post, you might want to display the number of comments left on that post.
Luckily, Laravel has a method to do just that:
$posts = Post::withCount('comments')->get();
What's more, as of Laravel 8, you can also make use of the withMin, withMax, withAvg, withSum, and withExists methods.
Read more in the Laravel Documentation.
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