Laravel updating multiple related models

Question

I'm trying to update multiple models at once, I didn't tried any function so far, but I would not if there is no way of doing it. For example, I have model Products and there is few relations, with another relations inside. And I'm getting it like this:

Products::where('id', $id)->with('category', 'info.country', 'images', 'packages.package.info.country')->firstOrFail()

So is there any way to make update function at once? For example

Products::where('id', $id)->with('category', 'info.country', 'images', 'packages.package.info.country')->firstOrCreate($request);

Is that possible?

Answer 1

You can't update multiple models with a single statement as you can't update multiple tables in one SQL statement. However, you can use a transaction to make sure that all statements are treated atomically.

DB::beginTransaction();

try {
    $product = Product::find($id);
    $product->category()->update([
        'name' => 'Category 1',
    ]);
    // rest of the statements

    DB::commit();
    // all good
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    DB::rollback();
    // something went wrong
}