laravel 5 pivot table -

I am trying to apply a buddy list to a user so that the user can have many friends

But to call friends I'm having trouble correcting my relationship:

  User ID friends user_id friend_user_id  

class user :

  Public Function Friends () {Return $ this- & gt; There are many ('app \ user', 'friend'); }  

then author :: user () - & gt; Friend to user model

< P> In fact, you do not have "many" relationships, rather than "many people" with friends being your participation table

Try it out:

  Public Function Friends () {Return $ this- & gt; For affiliation ('AP user', 'friend' 'User_id', 'friend_user_id'); }