Problem
I’m trying to echo out the name of the user in my article and I’m getting the ErrorException: Trying to get property of non-object. My codes:
Models
1. News
class News extends Model
{
public function postedBy()
{
return $this->belongsTo(‘AppUser’);
}
protected $table = ‘news’;
protected $fillable = [‘newsContent’, ‘newsTitle’, ‘postedBy’];
}
2. User
class User extends Model implements AuthenticatableContract,
AuthorizableContract,
CanResetPasswordContract
{
use Authenticatable, Authorizable, CanResetPassword;
protected $table = ‘users’;
protected $fillable = [‘name’, ’email’, ‘password’];
protected $hidden = [‘password’, ‘remember_token’];
}
Controller
public function showArticle($slug)
{
$article = News::where(‘slug’, $slug)->firstOrFail();
return view(‘article’, compact(‘article’));
}
Blade
{{ $article->postedBy->name }}
When I try to remove name in the blade {{ $article->postedBy }} it outputs the id, but when I try to add the ->name there it says Trying to get property of non-object but I have a field name in my table and a User model. Am I missing something?
Solution
Is your query returning array or object? If you dump it out, you might find that it’s an array and all you need is an array access ([]) instead of an object access (->).
Second Opinion
to
Next is to add a second parameter in my belongsTo, from
return $this->belongsTo(‘AppUser’);
to
return $this->belongsTo(‘AppUser’, ‘user_id’);
in which user_id is my foreign key in the news table.
