hasOne('Customer', array('id' => 'customer_id')); } public function orderItems() { return $this->hasMany('OrderItem', array('order_id' => 'id')); } public function items() { return $this->hasMany('Item', array('id' => 'item_id')) ->via('orderItems', function($q) { // additional query configuration })->orderBy('id'); } public function books() { return $this->hasMany('Item', array('id' => 'item_id')) ->viaTable('tbl_order_item', array('order_id' => 'id')) ->where(array('category_id' => 1)); } }