Retrieving data based on One To Many Relationship - php

Question

I have two tabled called categories and resources table.
Basically each resource has a category and the category id is saved on a column called resource_category_id in resources table.
So in order to setup One To Many relationship between the Models, I did these:
Category:
class Category extends Model
{
protected $table = "categories";
protected $guarded = [];
public function resources()
{
return $this->hasMany(Resource::class);
}
}
Resource:
class Resource extends Model
{
protected $table = "resources";
protected $guarded = [];
public function category()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Category::class, 'resource_category_id');
}
}
And now I want to show all categories and the resources and that have the same resource_category_id like this:
#php($menuCounter = 0)
#foreach($categories as $cat)
<tr>
<td style="text-align:center">{{ ++$menuCounter }}</td>
<td style="text-align:center">{{ $cat->category_name }}</td>
<td>
<ul>
#foreach($category->resources() as $resource)
<li>{{ $ress->resource_name }}</li>
#endforeach
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
#endforeach
But now the categories are all appearing but the resources does not be shown and also no error returns!
So what's going wrong here?
How can I show the resources according to resource_category_id via Eloquent relationships methods?

Answer 1

Instead of:
#foreach($category->resources() as $resource)
do
#foreach($category->resources as $resource)
The first one is loading the builder, the second one the collection.
You can also specify the foreign key for resources relationship in Category Model:
public function resources()
{
return $this->hasMany(Resource::class, 'resource_category_id');
}