Select custom columns from Laravel belongsToMany relation -

im trying select specific attributes on many-to-many relation users, in one-to-one. using select() on belongstomany() seem ignored , i'm still getting user attributes.

class computer extends eloquent {     public function users() {         return $this->belongstomany("user")->select("email");     }      public function admin() {         return $this->hasone("user")->select("email");     } }  computer::with("users")->get(); 

is there way of filtering specified columns related entity belongstomany()?

yes, actually can.

computer::with("users")->get(array('column_name1','column_name2',...)); 

be careful though if have same column name both tables linked pivot table. in case, need specify table name in dot notation, tablename.columnname. example if both users , computer has column name id, need :

computer::with("users")->get(array('users.id','column_name2',...));