Term Model

Stores taxonomy-like topics, categories, and term metadata used by feeds and courses.

Table

• Table: fcom_terms

• Primary key: id

• Extends: Model

Attributes

Column	Type	Nullable	Default	Description
id	BIGINT UNSIGNED	No	—	Primary key for the row.
parent_id	BIGINT UNSIGNED	Yes	—	Parent row ID used for threading or hierarchy.
taxonomy_name	VARCHAR(50)	No	—	Taxonomy Name stored for this record.
slug	VARCHAR(100)	No	—	Sanitized slug or public identifier.
title	LONGTEXT	Yes	—	Human-readable title stored for the record.
description	LONGTEXT	Yes	—	Description stored for this record.
settings	LONGTEXT	Yes	—	Serialized settings payload.
created_at	TIMESTAMP	Yes	—	Creation timestamp maintained by the ORM.
updated_at	TIMESTAMP	Yes	—	Update timestamp maintained by the ORM.

Relationships

Method	Type	Target	Notes
posts()	belongsToMany	Feed	Signature: —
base_spaces()	belongsToMany	BaseSpace	Signature: —

Scopes

Scope	Parameters	Purpose
SearchBy	$query, $search	Search By scope declared on the model.

Key Methods

Method	Description
posts()	Returns the many-to-many relation between terms and feed posts.

Usage Examples

use FluentCommunity\App\Models\Term;

$records = Term::query()
    ->searchBy('example')
    ->limit(10)
    ->get();

$first = Term::query()->first();