Eloquent model is returning as builder - php

Question

I'm relearning Laravel with laravel 7 and have hit an issue where I'm unable to query a record in my database table. So instead of a call like $test = Test::find_by_id_and_name(1, 'test 1'); (and also $test = Test::where('id', 1); returning a class of Illuninate\Database\Eloquent\Model it returns a class of Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder.
I have created a Migration for a table called Tests and seeded it with a few rows of test data. The Test Model in App is as follows
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
class Test extends Model
{
protected $guarded = [];
use SoftDeletes;
}
the Migration is:
se Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateTestsTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('tests', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string( 'name' );
$table->string( 'url', 255 );
$table->timestamps();
$table->softDeletes();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('tests');
}
}
So anyone any idea why I'm not getting the Model I need so i can do for instance a dd($test); and see the values stored in the database for the row with the id of 1? or even do an echo($test->name); and see the name of this item?
thanks
* ADDITIONAL *
Should of pointed out my initial code had Test::find_by_id_and_name(1, 'test 1'); but this didn't work and throw an exception about finding the class. I modified if with where and above was a typo as it was where( 'id', 1 ); (I've corrected the code using my initial find_by code). Adding a get() or any other thing now returns null. I have verified that the database contains the table tests and that an item with the id and name of 'test 1' exists
* RESULT *
The underlying issue in the end was the data, the url had https::// in it (additional colon) so indeed it would return null. Thanks guys helped me find the reason.

Answer 1

Misunderstanding of query builder vs models in Laravel. Check doc for reference.
Calling query builder method statically on a model returns a builder.
User::where('id', 1); // returns builder
To resolve a query builder you can either use get() or first().
User::where('id', 1)->get(); // Returns a collection of users with 1 element.
User::where('id', 1)->first(); // Returns one user.
You can also fetch the user out of the collections this is not recommended as you might as well just call first().
User::where('id', 1)->get()->first(); // Returns collection fetches first element that is an user.
Laravel has static methods for finding models by id.
User::find(1); // returns user or null
User::findOrFail(1); // returns user or exception

Answer 2

Try to use the following
$test = Test::find(1);
Then you will get the record,