when to use polymorphic relationship laravel code example

Example 1: laravel polymorphic model

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Image extends Model
{
    /**
     * Get the owning imageable model.
     */
    public function imageable()
    {
        return $this->morphTo();
    }
}

class Post extends Model
{
    /**
     * Get the post's image.
     */
    public function image()
    {
        return $this->morphOne('App\Image', 'imageable');
    }
}

class User extends Model
{
    /**
     * Get the user's image.
     */
    public function image()
    {
        return $this->morphOne('App\Image', 'imageable');
    }
}

Example 2: laravel polymorphic relationship why we need this relation orm,

$user->roles()->toggle([1, 2, 3]);

Example 3: laravel poly morphic relationship

class Mechanic extends Model
{
    /**
     * Get the car's owner.
     */
    public function carOwner()
    {
        return $this->hasOneThrough(
            'App\Owner',
            'App\Car',
            'mechanic_id', // Foreign key on cars table...
            'car_id', // Foreign key on owners table...
            'id', // Local key on mechanics table...
            'id' // Local key on cars table...
        );
    }
}

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