How to use timestamp...

How to use timestamp in pivot table in Laravel Framework.

Published: December 31, 2024

Last Updated: December 31, 2024

Hey Laravel Developers! 👩‍💻

Did you know Laravel’s belongsToMany() relationship lets you easily manage many-to-many relationships between models?

For instance, consider the User and Role models:

A Role can belong to multiple users.
A User can have multiple roles.
To handle this, we use an intermediate (pivot) table to map the relationships.

Here’s something even cooler:
You can track timestamps for when these relationships are created by using the withTimestamps() method in your relationship definition.

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This small feature can be incredibly helpful for managing data history in your application!

💡 Have you used this in your projects? Let me know in the comments!

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