How to filter on pivot fields in laravel

Question

I have 3 tables, users , orders and statuses . Pivot table order_status has extra columns: user_id and created_at (to get which user and when set that status). Order model has method:

// get latest status for order, and tie user (user_id in pivot table)    
public function latestStatus(){
        return $this->belongsToMany('Status')
                ->select(array('*','User.name'))
                ->orderBy('order_status.created_at','desc')
                ->join('users','order_status.user_id','=','users.id')
                ->withTimestamps();
                ->limit(1,0);
        }

so if i call:

$orders = Orders::with('latestStatus')->get();

i can have orders with latest status. that's ok.

i need to have some filtering, both on order properties and by latest status, for example: (table orders has columns location , buyer ) - how to pull all orders with:

order.location_id = in ("ny", "nm")
order.buyer_id = in ("1", "3")
order_status.user_id = in ("1", "5")
order_status.created_at = between (2015-10-04, 2015-10-06)
order_status.status_id = in ("2", "8", "9")

Calling "where" on Orders just solves location and buyer part...

$orders = Orders::whereIn('location_id',["ny", "nm"])
         ->whereIn('buyer_id',["1","3"])
         ->with('latestStatus')
         ->get();

so question is how to filter on pivot fields (find orders with specific statuses created between specific dates)?

tnx Y

Answer 1

Ok, here's how i did it:

$orders = Order::with('lateststatus')
    ->whereHas('lateststatus', function ($q) use ($dateTo, $dateFrom, $statuses) {
                                $q->where('order_status.created_at','>=',$dateFrom);
                                $q->where('order_status.created_at','<',$dateTo);
                                $q->whereIn('order_status.status_id',$statusi); 
                            }
            );
$orders = $orders->whereIn('location_id',$locations); }
$orders = $orders->whereIn('user_id',$users); }
$orders = $orders->->get();

PS: i altered db structure, so now i'm keeping user_id in orders table.