Laravel change models table right before query - database

Question

I need to change the queried table from a Laravel-model right before the query begins.
Normally you make a query like this:
ExampleModel::where('column_name', =, 'value')->get();
For one case I want to use a view-table which contains information from multiple tables combined in one view.
Therefore I need to switch the table of ExampleModel only for this one situation, e.g.:
ExampleModel::table('my_view')->where(...)->get();
It is not an option to use DB::table('my_view')->where(...)->get() because of several local scopes which need to be applied on ExampleModel.
As I could see, there are the following options:
somehow change the models table-name on the fly (as shown above)
Create a new Model used only in this use case which has the view defined as model-table
write all my scopes into a chained DB-command
Are there any other options?

Answer 1

The laravel way to Handle this would be to have a dedicated model for your view, with Scopes applying to each of the relevant models :
<?php
namespace App\Scopes;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Scope;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
class AgeScope implements Scope
{
/**
* Apply the scope to a given Eloquent query builder.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder $builder
* #param \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model $model
* #return void
*/
public function apply(Builder $builder, Model $model)
{
$builder->where('age', '>', 200);
}
}
Then in your ExampleModel AND you MyView Model
protected static function boot()
{
parent::boot();
static::addGlobalScope(new AgeScope);
}
So that when you want to edit a scope it will be reflected on each of your queries
BUT
You will allways know if your model is from your view_table or from you example_model table.
If you need to have some accessor or function used by both, I recomand you to put them in a Trait and use them on both Models
trait ExampleModelTrait
{
getTestAttribute(){
return strtolower($this->column_name);
}
}
and then
use ExampleModelTrait;

Answer 2

you can do this stuff by passing table name to setTable() method for example :
$user = new Users();
$user->setTable('customers');
$user->where(id,1)
...