Query belongsToMany Relationship with Specific Column Only in Laravel

If you want to query "belongsToMany" and only retrieve some specific columns, you can make use of the "select" statement method.

Define Columns in Select Method
Define the columns that you want to select after accessing the "belongsToMany" relation which in the example below is the "comments".

Post::first()
    ->comments()
    ->select(['comments.id', 'comments.title']);

Otherwise, if you want to retrieve the columns only for the current model then you place the "select" statement method right away.

Comment::select(['id', 'title'])->first()

Or if you prefer to use the "get" method.

Comment::where('id', 1)->get(['id', 'title']);