Two Overlooked Laravel Features: `fresh()` and Attribute Visibility

use App\Models\User;



$users = User::has('comments', 1)->with('comments')->get();



// Modify the first comment locally (not persisted)

$users->first()->comments->first()->body = 'Updated body';



// Reload users and their comments from the database

$users = $users->fresh('comments');

use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;



class User extends Authenticatable

{

    /**

     * The attributes that should be visible in arrays.

     *

     * @var array

     */

    protected $visible = [

        'name',

        'email',

        'created_at',

        'comments', // one-to-many relationship

    ];

}