PHP Laravel Passing Model as function parameter

Question

I need to pass a model to a function, but seem that my solution is not correct because i receive below error from PHPStorm

expects parameter of type Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model, string given.

this an extract of my code:

 /** Return the model structure
  *
  * @param \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model $model
  * @param array $fillData
  * @return object
  */
public static function fillBasicModelData(Model $model, $fillData){
 ...code...
}

And below is how I call the function:

$result = self::fillBasicModelData(Filter::class, $emptyFilter);

Obviously Filter is an Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model

so my question is how can I pass a model to a function without this warning?

thank you

Thank you, this can be a good solution or there is a better way? $model = new Filter; $result = self::fillBasicModelData($model, $emptyFilter); — Marco
– Marco, Commented Mar 27, 2020 at 9:55
try $result = self::fillBasicModelData((new Filter()), $emptyFilter); — Abhin K
– Abhin K, Commented Mar 27, 2020 at 9:59

Marco · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-11 08:35:04Z

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Obviously Filter is an Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model

No it isn't. You are passing it with Filter::class. This is the class of the model, not an instance. Basically it translates to the string '\NameSpace\SomeThing\Filter'

Because you are passing the class, and not a model instance, you need it instantiate the model.

public static function fillBasicModelData($model_class, $fillData){
 $model = new $model_class($fillData);
 // ...code...
}

edited Nov 11, 2021 at 8:35

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answered Mar 27, 2020 at 9:29

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2 Comments

Marco Over a year ago

thank you, how can I pass the model instead the class? I also try to pass the model with self::fillBasicModelData(Filter, $emptyFilter); but seem not work :(

Tschallacka Over a year ago

You need to instantiate the model yourself. $filter = new Filter(); self::fillBasicModelData($filter, $emptyFilter);

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