Laravel 11 / BelongsToMany::orWherePivotNotBetween()

Familiarity with the method BelongsToMany::orWherePivotNotBetween in Laravel 11

Hello friends! Today we want to become familiar with one of the interesting methods in Laravel 11 called orWherePivotNotBetween which we use in relation to the BelongsToMany relationship. In Laravel, when dealing with more complex relationships, this method can be one of our useful tools.

First of all, I should say that BelongsToMany is one of the types of relationships in Laravel. If you have models that are related with many-to-many relationships, you can use this method. This method gives us the ability to add specific conditions for records in the pivot table.

The purpose of this method is to find records that do not exist in a specific time frame. You might want to find users who were not related to a product at a specific date. This method essentially meets this need.

For example, suppose we have a task management application and we want to find tasks that were created by a specific user on a specific date. Here, orWherePivotNotBetween can help us filter out tasks that fall outside that specific timeframe.

Now let's look at how to use this method in a code example that illustrates this functionality.

$tasks = $user->tasks()
    ->orWherePivotNotBetween('created_at', [$startDate, $endDate])
    ->get();

Code Explanation

In this code, we initially retrieve tasks related to a specific user ($user). With the use of the orWherePivotNotBetween method, we add a filter to not include tasks that exist during a specified timeframe ($startDate to $endDate).

Ultimately, by using the get() method, we can retrieve all appropriate tasks. This code is simple and very useful as it can help us acquire accurate information from the database.