Yii2 Restful. How can i receive data from 3 tables - yii2

Question

I want to receive data like this:
categories
----category1
----category2
topProducts
----product1
--------photo1
--------photo2
----product2
--------photo1
--------photo2
I need get all categories and top x products.
Each product has two photos.
How can i do this by using yii2 restful?
Thanks.

Answer 1

the query shold look something like this
Category::find()
->with(['subcategories','topProducts', 'topProducts.images'])
->all();
you can use joinWith if you absolutely want a single query
if you retrieve your data with an ActiveController, you need to specify extraFields to the Category model. (here's a rest-specific usage example - rest of the guide should prove usefull as well)
Category model:
public function extraFields() {
return ['subcategories', 'topProducts'];
}
// product relation
public function getTopProducts(){
return $this->hasMany(Product::className(), ['category_id' => 'id'])
// ->order()->where() // your criterias
->limit(10);
}
// subcategories
public function getChildren(){
return $this->hasMany(Category::className(), ['id' => 'parent_id']);
}
Product model:
public function extraFields() {
return ['iamges'];
}
public function getImages(){
return $this->hasMany(Image::className(), ['product_id' => 'id'])
}
ps. since you haven't posed any code or table structure, all relations in my example are based on standard naiming convention