Laravel - Method Illuminate\\Support\\Collection::makeHidden does not exist - php

Question

I want to hide the columns password & OTP ,that is included in $uses result. Actually these 2 columns are part of the users table. I've tried like below. But it generates the error - Method Illuminate\\Support\\Collection::makeHidden does not exist . How to solve this? Any suggestions..
$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);

Answer 1

You're trying to execute this method on the collection but it's a model method:
$users = DB::table('users')
->join('location', 'users.id', '=', 'location.id')
->join('user_technical_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_technical_details.id')
->get();
foreach($users as $user) {
$user->makeHidden(['password','OTP']);
}
And this still doesn't work since you're using DB::table('users') over Users::all().
In order to use a model, you have to do the following:
model:
class User extends Model
{
// Instead of `makeHidden()` you can do this if you want them always to be hidden
// protected $hidden = ['password','OTP'];
public function location()
{
return $this->hasOne(App\Models\Location::class, 'users.id', '=', 'location.id');
}
public function technical_details()
{
return $this->hasOne(App\Models\UserTechnicalDetail::class, 'users.id', '=', 'user_technical_details.id');
}
}
controller:
$users = Users::with(['location', 'technical_details'])
->get();
foreach($users as $user) {
$user->makeHidden(['password','OTP']);
}

Answer 2

Simplest solution for your case:
$users = DB::table('users')
->join('location', 'users.id', '=', 'location.id')
->join('user_technical_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_technical_details.id')
->get()
->map(function ($user) {
unset($user->password);
unset($user->OTP);
reurn $user;
});
I'd recommend to use Eloquent Relationships instead of joins for better abstraction:
https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquent-relationships

Answer 3

In order to get User object from db, you should use User Model:
$users = User::query()
->join('location', 'users.id', '=', 'location.id')
->join('user_technical_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_technical_details.id')
->get();
foreach($users as $user) {
$user->makeHidden(['password','OTP']);
}

Answer 4

I'm late to the party, sorry.
I had the same issue. I wanted to exclude created_at and updated_at columns from my SQL result (using DB:Table, not specific eloquent models). The makeHidden function "does not exist". NoOorz24 has a similar answer to mine, but instead, I did this (which is useful if you're running a slightly old version of PHP). It's a bit more processor hungry but it did the job.
$content = DB::table($talbename)->get();
foreach($content as $c) {
unset($c->created_at);
unset($c->updated_at);
}