Laravel array instead of collection

Question

In my Laravel application, I have this model:

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Division extends Model
{

    protected $fillable = [
               'name','company_id', 'location_id'
               ];

    protected $casts = [
                'name' => 'string',
                'company_id' => 'integer',
                'location_id' => 'integer'
                ];

    public function company()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Company::class);
    }

    public function location()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Location::class);
    }

}

$division->company returns a collection

$division->location returns an array

Why this two relations has different results? (Sorry for bad formating....)

Can you show us the code where you call location relationship? — Nikola Gavric
– Nikola Gavric, Commented Feb 9, 2018 at 15:13
Both must return an object and not a collection or an array. — Alexey Mezenin
– Alexey Mezenin, Commented Feb 9, 2018 at 15:14
@foreach($companyDivisions as $division) <tr> <td>{{$division->name}}</td> <td>{{$division->location->name}}</td> </tr> @endforeach — Peter
– Peter, Commented Feb 9, 2018 at 15:16

Alexey Mezenin · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-09 15:22:48Z

2

As you've just shown in the comments (and then edited), you're using it with get(). That's why you're getting a collection and not an object.

$division->company returns an object. Then you're running another query with $division->company->anotherRelationship()->get() which returns a collection of related objects.

edited Feb 9, 2018 at 15:22

answered Feb 9, 2018 at 15:10

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6 Comments

Peter Over a year ago

Sorry, still not understand. In my opinion, I'm doing the same in both cases. $division->company->name shows the name of the company $division->location['name'] shows the name of the location $division->location->name give an error (Trying to get property of non-object)

Alexey Mezenin Over a year ago

@Peter before that you've shown something like $division->company->anotherRelationship()->get() in the comment. Trying to get property of non-object is a whole different error and you get it because the division is not associated with any company, so you get null instead of a Company object.

Peter Over a year ago

But why $division->location['name'] shows the name and $division->location->name gives an error?

Alexey Mezenin Over a year ago

@Peter because it's null

Peter Over a year ago

Thanks for your help. I didn't change anything but now it's working. It's really strange for me...

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