Column disambiguation in closure table queries

Author: Julien Tardot

src/Models/Entity.php

@@ -430,12 +430,12 @@ private function buildAncestorsQuery(Builder $builder, $id, $withSelf)
         return $builder
             ->join(
                 $this->closure->getTable(),
-                $this->closure->getAncestorColumn(),
+                $this->closure->getQualifiedAncestorColumn(),
                 '=',
                 $this->getQualifiedKeyName()
             )
-            ->where($this->closure->getDescendantColumn(), '=', $id)
-            ->where($this->closure->getDepthColumn(), $depthOperator, 0);
+            ->where($this->closure->getQualifiedDescendantColumn(), '=', $id)
+            ->where($this->closure->getQualifiedDepthColumn(), $depthOperator, 0);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -563,12 +563,12 @@ private function buildDescendantsQuery(Builder $builder, $id, $withSelf)
         return $builder
             ->join(
                 $this->closure->getTable(),
-                $this->closure->getDescendantColumn(),
+                $this->closure->getQualifiedDescendantColumn(),
                 '=',
                 $this->getQualifiedKeyName()
             )
-            ->where($this->closure->getAncestorColumn(), '=', $id)
-            ->where($this->closure->getDepthColumn(), $depthOperator, 0);
+            ->where($this->closure->getQualifiedAncestorColumn(), '=', $id)
+            ->where($this->closure->getQualifiedDepthColumn(), $depthOperator, 0);
     }
 
     /**

tests/migrations/2014_01_18_162506_create_entities_table.php

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ public function up()
             $table->integer('position', false, true);
             $table->softDeletes();
 
+            // Ensures there are no ambiguous column names in queries involving the closure table
+            $table->integer('ancestor')->nullable();
+            $table->integer('descendant')->nullable();
+            $table->integer('depth')->nullable();
+
             $table->foreign('parent_id')->references('id')->on('entities')->onDelete('set null');
 
             $table->engine = 'InnoDB';