Laravel Eloquent Refresh() Problem Demo

This is simply to demonstrate the problem with calling eloquent refresh() on a model with specified columns and related models.

Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up and run the example application:

Prerequisites

Ensure you have Composer and PHP installed on your system. This project was built using Laravel, which requires PHP >= 7.3 and a compatible Composer version.

Installation

Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/anabeto93/Laravel-11-Refresh-Issue

Navigate to the project directory:
```
cd path-to-your-project
```
Install dependencies:
```
composer install
```
Create an .env file from the example file. You may need to adjust database connection settings in .env:
```
cp .env.example .env
```
Generate an application key:
```
php artisan key:generate
```
Run migrations and seed the database:
```
php artisan migrate:refresh --seed
```

Running the Application

Serve the application using the following Artisan command:

php artisan serve --port=2011

Problem Identification

Visit http://localhost:2011/api/refresh

The code for this can be found in the routes/api.php file.

Sample Responses Screenshots

Fetching User with Related Order and Products
When It Is Refreshed

Observe how Porducts are missing now and also all other columns that were not previously fetched are now in the refreshed model instance.