Laravel 5 joining multiple tables - sql

Question

I am having real problems joining tables in Laravel.
I can join 2 tables but as soon as I try to join a third, i get no data
class Main extends Model
{
protected $table = 'main';
protected $primaryKey = 'id';
public function test()
{
return $this->hasOne('App\Models\Test', 'id', 'id');
}
public function row()
{
return $this->hasOne('App\Models\Row', 'id', 'id');
}
}
class Test extends Model
{
protected $table = 'test';
protected $primaryKey = 'id';
public function main()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Main', 'id', 'id');
}
public function rows()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Models\Row', 'id', 'id');
}
}
class Row extends Model
{
protected $table = 'row';
protected $primaryKey = 'id';
public function main()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Main', 'id', 'id');
}
public function rows()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Test', 'id', 'id');
}
}
I've added this to my Main model to run a query. This will output the 2 tables
public function scopeGetPart($query, somefield)
{
return $query->with('test.main')
->where('somefield', somefield);
}
This works when i run it through phpMyAdmin. I want to write this the Laravel way
SELECT * FROM
main
INNER JOIN test ON
main.id = test.id
INNER JOIN row ON
main.id = row.id
AND main.my_field = row.my_field
WHERE somefield = 103288

Answer 1

Without running your code, have you tried $main->with('test.rows')? This should fetch the tests of a main instance with the rows of the test.

Answer 2

I gave up with Eloquent as it was causing problems and used this instead which works how i wanted
DB::table('main')
->join('test', 'main.id', '=', 'test.id')
->join('row', function ($join) {
$join->on('main.id', '=', 'row.id')
->whereRaw('main.my_field= row.my_field');
})
->where('somefield', '103288');