Solution:
You have to constrain your eager loads, using an array as the parameter for with()
, using the relationship name as the key, and a closure as the value:
$data = A::with([
'b' => function ($query) {
$query->where('year', '=', '2016');
},
])->find(1)->toArray();
The closure automatically gets injected an instance of the Query Builder, which allows you to filter your eager loaded model.
The corresponding section in the official documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/eloquent-relationships#constraining-eager-loads