Today's Laravel Tip

	// A little lesson on naming conventions in Laravel Eloquent: // Table 1: product_variants - variations of a certain product // Table 2: variant_usage - pivot table between product_variants and usage // Table 3: usage - the various product variant uses // Usage - returns all usages for the ProductVariant model public function usage()
	{
	return $this->belongsToMany('App\Usage', 'variant_usage', 'variant_id', 'usage_id');
	// Note: the 2nd/3rd/4th parameters wouldn't be necessary...
	// ...if the 'variant_usage' table were named 'product_variant_usage'
	// ...or if 'product_variant' were simply named 'variant'
	// ...(i.e. - product_variants --> product_variant_usage --> usage)
	// Also Note: the ID parameters are the connecting points in variant_usage
	// ...(i.e. - product_variants --> {variant_id --> usage_id} --> usage)
	}