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Hi all,
need some feedback on a project i'm about to spin up here. I'm trying to create a quiz system, however, I find i'm needing some help with eloquent models. The quiz system will consist of several Challenges and I want the actual challenge types to be different. For example I would have a drag and drop type then maybe a standard multiple choice quiz type. So I would have to relate two models to a parent. Would this be a use case for polymorphic relationships? And if so, it seems like this is somewhat of an inverse scenario from the documentation? The children models to a Challenge will have different methods and potentially different relationships to other models, would that be a red flag? I'm just not sure how to map this type of application out as i've never used polymorphic stuff before.
As long as same types are used Polymorphic Relations should work, but you may have to write some custom stuff with query builder, hard to say. Watch a video on Polymorphic Relations then decide. Don't be afraid to write some custom queries if need be. Taylor provided many techniques for data retrieval. Give something a try, and once stuck, show code and ask.
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