Laravel - Hide a specific column [duplicate] - php

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Laravel - Method Illuminate\\Support\\Collection::makeHidden does not exist
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I want to hide the columns password & OTP ,that is included in $users result. Actually these 2 columns are part of the users table. My ultimate need is that i need to join 3 tables : users,location,user_technical_details and want to hide the password & OTP columns in the users table. Can use any methods. Through any methods, i want to attain this result I've tried many methods. Nothing works. How to solve this? Any suggestions..
Things i tried:
1)
$users = DB::table('users')
->join('location', 'users.id', '=', 'location.id')
->join('user_technical_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_technical_details.id')
->get();
$d=$users->makeHidden(['password','OTP']);
return response()->json([
'message' => 'profile viewed successfully',
'data' => $d,
'statusCode' => 200,
'status' => 'success'],200);
This generates the error - Method Illuminate\\Support\\Collection::makeHidden does not exist
2)
$users = DB::table('users')
->join('location', 'users.id', '=', 'location.id')
->join('user_technical_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_technical_details.id')
->get();
$exclude_columns=['password','OTP'];
$get_columns = array_diff($users, $exclude_columns)->get();
return response()->json([
'message' => 'profile viewed successfully',
'data' => $get_columns,
'statusCode' => 200,
'status' => 'success'],200);
3)
$users = DB::table('users')
->join('location', 'users.id', '=', 'location.id')
->join('user_technical_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_technical_details.id')
->get();
$d=collect($users->toArray())->except(['password','OTP']);
return response()->json([
'message' => 'profile viewed successfully',
'data' => $d,
'statusCode' => 200,
'status' => 'success'],200);
4)
protected $hidden = ['password','OTP'];
5)
$users = DB::table('users')->exclude(['password','OTP','ph_OTP','email_OTP','user_access_token','remember_token'])
->join('location', 'users.id', '=', 'location.id')
->join('user_technical_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_technical_details.id')
->get();
return response()->json([
'message' => 'profile viewed successfully',
'data' => $users,
'statusCode' => 200,
'status' => 'success'],200);
This generates the Error -Call to undefined method Illuminate\\Database\\Query\\Builder::exclude()

Answer 1

when you want to limit the attributes, such as passwords, that are included in your model's array or JSON representation. To do so, add a $hidden property to your model. In attributes that are listed in the $hidden property's array will not be included in the serialized representation of your model:
class User extends Model
{
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = ['password','OTP'];
}
now in your code you have to use User model instead of DB facade:
$users = User::query()
->join('location', 'users.id', '=', 'location.id')
->join('user_technical_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_technical_details.id')
->get();
now, $users will not have the hidden attributes