When accessing array properties in laravel , i get an error . Why?

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I have the following edit method in my laravel controller:

public function editArtilce(Request $request) {
        /* Get the last part of the URI */
        $explodedUrl = explode('/', $request->url());
        $urlSlug = array_pop($explodedUrl);

        $article = DB::table('admin')->where('slug', 'LIKE', '%' . $urlSlug . '%')->get();
        return $article;
}

Now since i am doing:

return $article;

I get the following output in the browser:

[{"id":10,"title":"This is a title","description":"This is a description","keywords":"Keyword1 , Keyword2 , Keyword3 , Keyword4 , Keyword5 , Keyword6","blog_content":"<p>I am a lovely burger<\/p>","tag":"gulp","filePath":"2017-02-23-21-54-30-blog-post-image.jpg","slug":"this-is-a-title","created_at":"2017-02-23 21:54:30","updated_at":"2017-02-23 21:54:30"},{"id":11,"title":"This is a title","description":"This is a description","keywords":"Keyword1 , Keyword2 , Keyword3 , Keyword4 , Keyword5 , Keyword6","blog_content":"<p>I am a lovely burger<\/p>","tag":"gulp","filePath":"2017-02-23-21-56-29-blog-post-image.jpg","slug":"this-is-a-title","created_at":"2017-02-23 21:56:29","updated_at":"2017-02-23 21:56:29"}]

But when i try to access the properties of this array like so:

return $article->title

I get the following error:

Why am i unable to access the properties of an array in laravel ? What am i doing wrong ?

Mayank Pandeyz · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-26 13:39:14Z

4

Instead of $article->title try:

$article[0]->title;

as $article is a Std class object its structure is like:

array(
    {  }  // 0th index
    {  }  // 1st index
)

To make it dynamic use foreach() like:

foreach($article as $data)
{
    $data->id;
    $data->title;
}

answered Feb 26, 2017 at 13:39

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Abdulkareem Mohammed · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-26 13:58:26Z

1

you can use first() instead of get() to get the object directly.

$article = DB::table('admin')
             ->where('slug', 'LIKE', '%' . $urlSlug . '%')
             ->first();

and you have to check if it not null before trying access it's properties. $article->title or whatever you want.

answered Feb 26, 2017 at 13:58

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