laravel eloquent has method code example
Example 1: associate laravel
When updating a belongsTo relationship, you may use the associate method. This
method will set the foreign key on the child model:
$account = App\Account::find(10);
$user->account()->associate($account);
$user->save();
When removing a belongsTo relationship, you may use the dissociate method. This
method will set the relationship foreign key to null:
$user->account()->dissociate();
$user->save();
Example 2: by default null eloquent user data in relationship in laravel 8
{{ $post->author->name or 'No author' }}
public function author()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Author')->withDefault();
}
public function author()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Author')->withDefault([
'name' => 'Guest Author',
]);
}