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Laravel - How to clone from a model with all its criteria

I have a variable that contains a model and I want to duplicate it with all its criteria to another variable.

$modelOne = ModelOne::where('column_one', 'value_one');

if($condition_one) {
    $modelOne = $modelOne->where('column_two', 'value_two');
}

... and many other if conditions ...

$modelTwo = $modelOne;

The problem starts from here that when I add another where to $modelTwo, the $modelOne is affected either.

for example when I do $modelTwo->where('specific_column', 'specific_value'), the $modelOne will be limited by the where set for $modelTwo.

How can I separate their wheres?

Solution

  • You can use the PHP clone keyword:

    $modelOne = ModelOne::where('column_one', 'value_one');
// ...

$modelTwo = clone $modelOne;
// changes to $modelTwo should not affect $modelOne anymore

    The eloquent builder internally implements the __clone magic method to also clone the internal query builder