Laravel - Display Array/String Object in view from database - arrays

Question

Data are stored as ["item_1", "item_2"] in database like shown below.
I want to display those data in view blade properly.
Product Model
protected $fillable = ['name', 'prod_id'];
public function models() {
return $this->hasMany(Model::class, 'prod_id');
}
Model Model
protected $fillable = ['model', 'prod_id'];
protected $cat = ['model'=>'array'];
public function model()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Product::class, 'prod_id');
}
Controller - store method
public function create (Request $request, Product $product){
$models = new Model;
{
$model = json_encode(request('models'));
$items->models = $model;
$product->models()->save($models);
}
}
Controller show method
public function show(request $id){
$product = Product::findorfail($id);
$models = Model::with(['model'])->where('prod_id', $product->id)->get();
return view ('show', compact('product', 'models'));
Create View
<input type="checkbox" name="model[]" value="Samsung">
<input type="checkbox" name="model[]" value="Nokia">
<input type="checkbox" name="model[]" value="Apple">
<button>Add Model</button>
I tried show view:
#foreach($models as $model)
{{ json_decode($model->models) }}
#endforeach
It throws
htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given
What am I missing.
PS: MySQL does not support json column, so I saved as text column.

Answer 1

you need to do someting like this.
Model Model
protected $fillable = ['models', 'prod_id']; // screenshot says that the field name is "models"
protected $cast = ['models' => 'array']; // the property is $cast no $cat
public function product()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Product::class, 'prod_id');
}
ModelController - store method
public function store (Request $request){
$product = Model::create([
'models' => json_encode($request->models),
'prod_id' => $request->prod_id
]);
return redirect()->back()->with('success', 'created!');
}
public function show(Request $id){
$model = Model::findOrFail($id)->with('product');
return view ('model.show', compact('model'));
}
ProductController show method
public function show(request $id){
$product = Product::findOrFail($id)->with('models'); // the method name is findOrFail() no findorfail
// $models = Model::with(['model'])->where('prod_id', $product->id)->get();
return view ('show', compact('product'));
}
Into the show View
#foreach($product->models as $models)
#foreach(json_decode($models->models) as $model)
{{ $model }}
#endforeach
#endforeach

Answer 2

Your Models Model confuses me a little bit. You seem to have a field name model that's the same as a relationship method name. That means whenever you include that relation, it'd functionally override that property with data from the related table. (I say 'functionally' because you're using dynamic properties, whereas it is actually possible to explicitly tell Eloquent whether you want an attribute or relation without making it guess.)
That said, your $model->models property could be coming back as an array for one of two reasons. The first is that it may be accidentally referring to a relational data-set and not the JSON string you were expecting. The second is you've corrected the protected $cat = ['model'=>'array']; to read protected $cast = ['models'=>'array'];, and it's stepping on your toes now. By casting it to an array, it may be getting automatically get interpreted back into one before you call json_decode on it.
Either way, I'd dd($model->models) to see what it is first.

Answer 3

You need to change your foreach like this:
#foreach($models->models as $model)
{{ json_decode($model) }}
#endforeach
because Your array is like this
{"id":18,"prod_id":22,"models":{"id":22,"user_id":1}}
In here the $models is getting only id and prod_id models is still array so your foreach should be #foreach($models->models as $model)
Sample Code is here:
$arr = '{"id":18,"prod_id":22,"models":{"id":22,"user_id":1}}';
echo '<pre>';
foreach (json_decode($arr->models) as $str){
echo $str;
}