Clone an Eloquent object including all relationships?
For Laravel 5. Tested with hasMany relation.
$model = User::find($id);
$model->load('invoices');
$newModel = $model->replicate();
$newModel->push();
foreach($model->getRelations() as $relation => $items){
foreach($items as $item){
unset($item->id);
$newModel->{$relation}()->create($item->toArray());
}
}
tested in laravel 4.2 for belongsToMany relationships
if you're in the model:
//copy attributes
$new = $this->replicate();
//save model before you recreate relations (so it has an id)
$new->push();
//reset relations on EXISTING MODEL (this way you can control which ones will be loaded
$this->relations = [];
//load relations on EXISTING MODEL
$this->load('relation1','relation2');
//re-sync everything
foreach ($this->relations as $relationName => $values){
$new->{$relationName}()->sync($values);
}
You may also try the replicate function provided by eloquent:
http://laravel.com/api/4.2/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.html#method_replicate
$user = User::find(1);
$new_user = $user->replicate();
$new_user->push();