[7.x] Convert eloquent collection to eloquent query builder

[ahmedsayedabdelsalam]

Some times we have a collection of models that we need to update all of them at once

I found the regular approach is to loop on every single model and make (N) times update query

I can build new query from scratch to update them all something like Model::whereIn('id', $items->pluck('id'))->update([])
but I think writing it this way is ugly what if we can convert this collection of models to a query builder looking for those models under the hood.
so we can write it like that $items->toQuery()->update([])

the following image is from a project I am working on it. I am using it as a macro and I thought it could be useful if added to the framework.

[GrahamCampbell]

This won't work in general. If there are lots of items in the collection, you will bust the maximum query length limit of any database.

[GrahamCampbell]

I assume you wanted "where in" and not "where". Have you tried this code for real?

[ahmedsayedabdelsalam]

yes I tried it and loadCount function is implemented the same way

[ahmedsayedabdelsalam]

This won't work in general. If there are lots of items in the collection, you will bust the maximum query length limit of any database.

is Model::update([]); will not work too ?

This PR has nothing to do with the update method it's just querying the models with ids so I think if there is bug in the implementation it would be in the already exist methods but loadCount method uses the same concept.