Laravel Auth::user relationship

Question

In Laravel, i´m trying to show relation elements between Auth::user (Users) and Departments. In User table i have id, name, and department_id. In Departments table I have id and name.

In user model i create

public function department()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Department');
    }

Then, in blade template I try

Auth::user()->department

But return null and doesn´t show linked departments. Null is incorrect, all users have departments. Soo, ¿Any help? ¿What´s wrong in relation?

Answer 1

This method uses less queries - the others go after the user table twice:

auth()->user()->load(['department']);