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title: "Feed hydration (no N+1) — Likes for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "withLikedState() adds is_liked and liked_reaction for the viewer to a whole feed page in one query — guest-safe."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/likes-for-laravel/feed-hydration
language: en
---

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# Feed hydration (no N+1)

Render per-row viewer state for an entire feed page in a single query instead of one exists() per row. withLikedState() adds two attributes to each model:

```php
$posts = Post::query()
    ->withLikedState()      // adds is_liked + liked_reaction for the current viewer
    ->withLikesCount()      // composes — still one query
    ->latest()
    ->paginate();
```

```blade
@foreach ($posts as $post)
    {{ $post->is_liked ? '♥' : '♡' }} {{ $post->likes_count }}
@endforeach
```

- is\_liked is a 0/1 flag; liked\_reaction is the viewer’s reaction type or null. When the viewer left several reactions, liked\_reaction is the one listed first in config('likes.reactions').
- The actor defaults to the resolved auth actor (actor\_resolver, else auth()->user()).
- For guests — no resolvable actor — it renders is\_liked = 0 and liked\_reaction = null without throwing, so guest feeds still work.

## Explicit actor & reaction

Pass an actor explicitly, and narrow to one reaction type:

```php
Post::withLikedState($user)->get();           // an explicit actor
Post::withLikedState($user, 'love')->get();   // only the viewer's "love" counts as liked
```

Both attributes come from correlated subqueries on the likes table, so the scope composes with withLikesCount(), eager loads, pagination and your own select() calls.

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