Compare two fields within different table using Laravel - mysql

Question

I have two tables employees and customers , i've gave the schema below.
Customers('id' , 'username', 'location');
Employees('id' , 'EmployeeID' , 'CustomerID', 'location');
Currently I can use a query to retrieve customers details like the below query , note this is when the user is logged into the system hence the Auth::
$customerQuery1 = DB::table('customer')
->where('id', '!=', Auth::id())
->where('item', '=' , Auth::customer()->recommendation)
->get();
Each Employee has many customers ,I want other customers to see other customer items so i have attach the CustomerID field which is a foreign key and relates to the id field within the Customer table.
I've tried something like the below however I think I may need a join query but i'm unsure.
$query2 = DB::table('Customer','Employee')
->select('username')
->where(['EmployeeID' => Auth::id(), 'CustomerID' => 'id'])
->get();
$query2 = DB::table('Customer')
->select('username')
->join('Employee', 'Customer.id', '=', 'Employee.CustomerID')
->where(['EmployeeID' => Auth::id(), 'CustomerID' => 'id'])
->get();
I am then returning the values to my blade file like the below
return view ('pages.dashboard')
->with('query1',$query1)
and then Im using php indentation within my blade file to return the users data
#foreach ($query1 as $Userfound)
{{ $Userfound->username}}</p>
#endforeach
Actual Query needed in plain english
so I need to select a customer , where CustomerID == id
NOTE: id is from the customers table, CustomerID stored in the Employees table.

Answer 1

You can create Models using Laravel, for example:
Employee.php
public function customers()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Customer');
}
Customer.php
public function employee()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Employee');
}
Which you can access like so:
$customer = Customer::where('id',Auth::user()->id)->firstOrFail();
or
$employee = Employee::where('id',Auth::user()->id)->firstOrFail();
And to see an employee's customers:
$employee->customers()->get();
Or to see the other customers of $customer's employer:
$customer->employee()->customers()->get();