Displaying array values in laravel 5.2 - arrays

Question

I have the following hasMany() relationship in App\User.php ,
public function partner_preference_occupation()
{
return $this-hasMany('App\Models\User\PartnerPreferenceOccupation', 'user_id');
}
The following is my PartnerPreferenceOccupation Model,
<?php
namespace App\Models\User;
use App\Models\BaseModel,
App\Models\ValidationTrait;
class PartnerPreferenceOccupation extends BaseModel {
use ValidationTrait;
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$this->__validationConstruct();
}
/**
* The database table used by the model.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $table = 'partner_preferences_occupation';
protected $fillable = array('user_id', 'occupation_id');
protected $dates = array();
public $uploadPath = array();
protected function setRules() {
$this->val_rules = array();
}
protected function setAttributes() {
$this->val_attributes = array();
}
public function occupation_name() {
return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Master\OccupationModel', 'occupation_id');
}
}
I want to display the array of occupation name in my view. I tried the following code, but it fails.
{{$obj->partner_preference_occupation ? $obj-partner_preference_occupation->occupation_name->name : null}}
The error is as follows,
Undefined property:Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection::$occupation_name
How can I display them.Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

There is a typo in $obj-partner_preference_occupation->occupation_name->name
Should be $obj->partner_preference_occupation->occupation_name->name
Make sure that occupation_name exists in the collection. You can check by doing the following in your View:
dump( $obj->partner_preference_occupation );
It might help you identify where the issue lies.
Also, to display a collection as an array, you can use the toArray() method, e.g.:
$obj->partner_preference_occupation->toArray()

Answer 2

Ok I got it,
As it is an array of values to be fetched, I used foreach to display them in my view as,
#if($occ=$obj->partner_preference_occupation->lists('occupation_name'))
#foreach($occ as $oc)
{{$oc->name}}
#endforeach
#endif
occupatoin_name is the name of my relationship that I used in my model. And that worked for me :)