Here is a function that I have:
public function getReward($formattedArray, $key){
$id = $formattedArray[$key][0];
//dd($id); //Returns 1
$reward = Item::find($id);
return $reward;
}
The problem arises when executing this part of the code:
$reward = Item::find($id);
After debugging and using dd() to check the value of the variable 'id', it returns the expected value of 1. However, when this value is used in the static find function at the end, an error occurs stating "Trying to get property of non-object".
To resolve this, I made a change:
$reward = Item::find($id); //Changed to...
$reward = Item::find(1);
The only difference here is that I manually input the integer 1 into the static find function. With this modification, the code now works flawlessly without any errors and I am able to access the object returned.
Working Example:
$reward = Item::find(1);
return $reward;
Working Example:
$reward = Item::find("1");
return $reward;
Non-working Example:
$reward = Item::find($formattedArray[$key][0]);
return $reward;
I also attempted casting the 'id' variable to an integer like this:
$id = $formattedArray[$key][0];
$idInt = (int) $id;
$reward = Item::find($idInt);
return $reward;