Laravel get data from db array not working - php

Question

When I run the code I get no error but the data I am trying to display is not displaying it's just blank.. can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
My controller:
public function openingPage($id) {
$this->getGames();
$games = $this->getGames();
return view('caseopener')->with('games',$games);
}
private function getGames() {
$games = array();
foreach ($this->data->items as $item) {
$game = new Game($item);
$games[] = array(
'id' => $game['id'],
'name' => $game['name'],
'price' => $game['price'],
'image' => $game['image'],
);
}
return $games;
}
The 'Game' Model that is used in 'getGames function':
class Game extends Model
{
private $id;
public $data;
public function __construct($id) {
parent::__construct();
$this->id = $id;
$this->data = $this->getData();
}
private function getData() {
$game = DB::table('products')->where('id', 1)->first();
if(empty($game)) return array();
return $game;
}
}
The view:
#foreach ($games as $game)
<div class="gold">$ {{ $game['price'] }}</div>
#endforeach

Answer 1

I think you are over-complicating things. You could simplify your flow like this:
Given your provided code, it seems like you are using a custom table name ('products') in your Game model. So we'll address this first:
Game.php
class Game extends Model
{
protected $table = 'products'; //
}
Now, it seems like you're searching an array of Game ids ($this->data->items). If so, you could make use of Eloquent for your query, specially the whereIn() method:
YourController.php
public function openingPage($id)
{
$games = Game::whereIn('id', $this->data->items)->get();
return view('caseopener')->with('games', $games);
}
Optionally, if you want to make sure of just returning the id, name, price and image of each Game/product, you could format the response with API Resources:
php artisan make:resource GameResource
Then in your newly created class:
app/Http/Resources/GameResource.php
namespace App\Http\Resources;
use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;
class GameResource extends JsonResource
{
/**
* Transform the resource into an array.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #return array
*/
public function toArray($request)
{
return [
'id' => $this->id,
'name' => $this->name,
'price' => $this->price,
'image' => $this->image,
];
}
}
So now just update your controller:
YourController.php
use App\Http\Resources\GameResource;
public function openingPage($id)
{
$games = Game::whereIn('id', $this->data->items)->get();
return view('caseopener')->with('games', GameResource::collection($games));
} // ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^