yii\db\ActiveRecordInterface::getRelation PHP Method

getRelation() public method

A relation is defined by a getter method which returns an object implementing the ActiveQueryInterface (normally this would be a relational ActiveQuery object). It can be declared in either the ActiveRecord class itself or one of its behaviors.

public getRelation ( string $name, boolean $throwException = true ) : yii\db\ActiveQueryInterface
$name	string	the relation name, e.g. `orders` for a relation defined via `getOrders()` method (case-sensitive).
$throwException	boolean	whether to throw exception if the relation does not exist.
return	yii\db\ActiveQueryInterface	the relational query object