Fetch record with foreign key in laravel5 - foreign-keys

Question

I am using Laravel 5. I have two tables named cars and providers. There is a foreign key in cars table named provider_id of provider table.
My database schema as follows-
Schema::create('cars', function(Blueprint $table)
{
$table->increments('id');
$table->integer('provider_id')->unsigned();
$table->foreign('provider_id')->references('id')->on('providers')->onDelete('restrict');
});
Schema::create('providers', function(Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('company_name');
});
Now, I want to fetch cars information as well as provider info of that particular id.

Answer 1

Take a look at this
Inside your Car model, create a provider method:
public function provider()
{
return this->belongsTo(\App\Provider);
}
Then, you can do something like:
$car = \App\Car::find(id);
And access the provider this way:
$car->provider();
Also, inside your provider model, add this:
public function cars()
{
return $this->hasMany(\App\Car);
}
And you'll be able to access all cars from a particular provider.