problem

<?php

/*
 * The problem
 * A user can have many and different types of profiles ( Artist, Manager ...)
 * Profiles each have a username that should be unique throughout the platform.
 * There should be a way to retrieve a profile by username knowing only the username
 * 
 *
 */
 
 
class User extends Model {
    
    public function profiles()
    {
        return UserProfile::where('user_id', $this->id)->get()
            ->map(function ($profile) {
                $class = Hype::profileClassFor($profile->type);
                // return the Profile object ( eg. Artist || Manager )
                return $class::whereUsername($profile->username)->first();
            });
    }
}

class UserProfile extends Model{
    
    protected $with = ['profile'];
    
    public function owner()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
    }
    
    public function profile()
    {
        return $this->morphTo();
    }
}

class Artist extends Model implements Profile {

}

class Manager extends Model implements Profile {

}


Schema::create('users', function(Blueprint $table){
    $table->increments('id');
    $table->string('email');
});

Schema::create('user_profiles', function(Blueprint $table){
    $table->increments('id');
    $table->unsignedInteger('user_id');
    $table->string('username');
    $table->string('type'); // 'artist', 'manager'
});

Schema::create('artists', function(Blueprint $table){
    $table->increments('id');
    
    $table->unsignedInteger('user_id');
    $table->string('username');
    
    $table->string('name');
    //other data
});

Schema::create('managers', function(Blueprint $table){
    $table->increments('id');
    
    $table->unsignedInteger('user_id');
    $table->string('username');
    
    $table->string('name');
    //other different data
});

/*
 * There are other components that are applied to profiles
 * using the morph relations ( eg. Skill with Skillable )
 *
 * Usernames should be unique throughout the application
 * and i need a way to retrieve the profile by username.
 *
 * I am aiming to something like this
 *
 */

$user->profiles // to return a collection of different profiles