How to combine four queries in laravel? - mysql

Question

I have draws on my site, in order to take part in the draw, you need to do a certain action per day. And there is a code that checks it all:
$date = Carbon::today();
$sta = \DB::table('ets')->where('user_id', $this->user->id)->where('created_at', '>=', $date)->get();
$sta = \DB::table('ets_1x1')->where('user_id', $this->user->id)->where('created_at', '>=', $date)->get();
$sta = \DB::table('ets_low')->where('user_id', $this->user->id)->where('created_at', '>=',$date)->get();
$sta = \DB::table('ets_duel')->where('user_id', $this->user->id)->where('created_at', '>=', $date)->get();
if ($sta == NULL) {
return response()->json(['status' => 'error', 'msg' => 'Error']);
}
This code checks if there is a user record in 4 possible tables. I made an entry in the table ets_1x1, but still I can’t take part, because the error seemed to not find me in the database. I removed all the tables and left only ets_1x1 and I was accepted into the drawing.
As I understand it, the value is taken from the last request. How can I combine a query into 1 and do a check on these 4 tables?
UPD:
I also tried to give new names to the variables and display the response code differently, now participation in the drawing is accepted from all people, even from those who have not fulfilled the conditions, now it looks:
if(!empty($sta_1) || !empty($sta_2) || !empty($sta_3) || !empty($sta_4)) {
return response()->json(['status' => 'error', 'msg' => 'Error']);
}
Where my mistake?

Answer 1

That code is not going to work because:
The first piece of code will evaluate only the last request (and in consecuence, only if there is any existent user on the last table only).
The second piece of code is not being evaluated correctly, you are running empty function on a Laravel collection.
Why don't you try this? I think it should work:
$date = Carbon::now();
$userExists = false;
$tables = ['ets', 'ets_1x1', 'ets_low', 'ets_duel'];
foreach ($tables as $tableName) {
$result = \DB::table($tableName)
->where('user_id', $this->user->id)
->where('created_at', '>=', $date)
->get()
;
if ($result->isNotEmpty()) {
$userExists = true;
break;
}
}
if (!$userExists) {
return response()->json(['status' => 'error', 'msg' => 'Error']);
}