[12.x] Add Model::withoutRelation() for selective relation unloading #59137
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…aravel#59137) * Add Model::withoutRelation() for selective relation unloading * Update parameter type for withoutRelation method --------- Co-authored-by: Taylor Otwell <taylor@laravel.com>
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Adds
withoutRelation(string|array $relations)which clones the model and unsets only the specified relations, leaving the rest intact.Motivation
Laravel provides
withoutRelations()to clone a model without any loaded relations, andunsetRelation()tomutate a model in place. But there's no non-mutating way to selectively remove specific relations:
This comes up when passing models to contexts where certain relations cause issues: circular references during serialization, unnecessary memory overhead in queued jobs, or Livewire/Inertia payloads where you want to strip heavy relations before sending to the frontend:
Test plan