How can I fetch this info in laravel Eloquent - database

Question

Sorry for the question title but I can't really find an suitible title.
I use Laravel 3 with Eloquent models (first project in Laravel).
I have an user, list and item model. The user can't fetch any lists, the list can fetch items. But the user can order the items, so the order is saved per user/item.
Will be more clear with following data (simplified for clarity):
Database table:
USER
--------
id
name
LIST
-------
id
name
ITEM
-------
id
list_id
name
USER_ITEM_ORDER
---------------
user_id
item_id
order
List model:
class List extends Eloquent {
public function items() {
return $this->has_many('Item');
}
}
Now I want to use the list model to get all the items based on an user, $list->items($user_id) --> array with items with the user's order.
Can someone show me the way to achieve this?

Answer 1

Please try using this code :
public static function NAMEUserId() {
$query = DB::table('username')
->select(array('users.username', DB::raw('NAME(user's.id) as UserID')))
->join('users', 'items.user_id', '=', 'users.id')
->group_by('users.id')
->order_by('usersid', 'desc')
->get();
return $query;
}

Answer 2

Yeah! I fixed it. :D I'll answer my own question because there is an up vote..
It was pretty easy, just use Fluent on the returned object like this:
public function items($user_id = 0) {
$items = $this->has_many('Item');
// do we need to get the order?
if($user_id != 0) {
$items = $items->left_join('user_item_order', 'items.id', '=', 'user_item_order.item_id')
->where('user_item_order.user_id', '=', $user_id)
->order_by('user_item_order.order', 'asc');
}
return $items->get();
}