Laravel call to a member function addEagerConstraints() on boolean - php

Question

I'm getting the following error whenever i go on to a users page, its supposed to show if the authenticated user is already following the user that the profile is on.
Could this be a problem with the relationship setup, it hasMany
Stack trace
local.ERROR: Call to a member function addEagerConstraints() on
boolean {"userId":1,"email":"fakeemail#aol.com","exception":"[object]
(Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalThrowableError(code: 0):
Call to a member function addEagerConstraints() on boolean at
/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/elipost/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php:522)"}
[]
UserController.php
public function getProfile($user)
{
$users = User::with([
'posts.likes' => function($query) {
$query->whereNull('deleted_at');
$query->where('user_id', auth()->user()->id);
},
'follow',
'follow.follower'
])->with(['followers' => function($query) {
$query->with('follow.followedByMe');
$query->where('user_id', auth()->user()->id);
}])->where('name','=', $user)->get();
$user = $users->map(function(User $myuser){
return ['followedByMe' => $myuser->followers->count() == 0];
});
if (!$user) {
return redirect('404');
}
return view ('profile')->with('user', $user);
}
MyFollow(model)
<?php
class MyFollow extends Model
{
use SoftDeletes, CanFollow, CanBeFollowed;
protected $fillable = [
'user_id',
'followable_id'
];
public $timestamps = false;
protected $table = 'followables';
public function follower()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\User', 'followable_id');
}
public function followedByMe()
{
return $this->follower->getKey() === auth()->id();
}
}
MyFollow
use Overtrue\LaravelFollow\Traits\CanFollow;
use Overtrue\LaravelFollow\Traits\CanBeFollowed;
class MyFollow extends Model
{
use SoftDeletes, CanFollow, CanBeFollowed;
protected $fillable = [
'user_id',
'followable_id'
];
public $timestamps = false;
protected $table = 'followables';
public function follower()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\User', 'followable_id');
}
public function followedByMe()
{
return $this->follower->getKey() === auth()->id();
}
}
Post
class Post extends Authenticatable
{
protected $fillable = [
'title',
'body',
'user_id',
'created_at',
];
public function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
}
public function comments()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Comment');
}
public function likes()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Like');
}
public function likedByMe()
{
foreach($this->likes as $like) {
if ($like->user_id == auth()->id()){
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
}
Likes
<?php
namespace App;
use App\Post;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
class Like extends Model
{
use SoftDeletes;
protected $fillable = [
'user_id',
'post_id'
];
}
User(model)
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use Notifiable,CanFollow, CanBeFollowed;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'name', 'email', 'password',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password', 'remember_token',
];
public function posts()
{
return $this->hasMany(Post::class);
}
public function images()
{
return $this->hasMany(GalleryImage::class, 'user_id');
}
public function likes()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Like');
}
public function follow()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\MyFollow');
}
public function comments()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Comment');
}
}

Answer 1

As Jonas Staudenmeir stated, followedByMe isn't a relationship, it's a regular function and what it does is returning a boolean. I'm confused at why you've got a follow on your user model and trying to get information from the follow's follower? Just simplify, I see too much unneeded eager loading here.
Searching by indexed elements (id) > searching by name, any day of the week
Edit:
UserController
public function getProfile(Request $request, $id)
{
//$request->user() will get you the authenticated user
$user = User::with(['posts.likes','followers','follows','followers.follows'])
->findOrFail($request->user()->id);
//This returns the authenticated user's information posts, likes, followers, follows and who follows the followers
//If you wish to get someone else's information, you just switch
//the $request->user()->id to the $id if you're working with id's, if you're
//working with names, you need to replace findOrFail($id) with ->where('name',$name')->get() and this will give you
//a collection, not a single user as the findOrFail. You will need to add a ->first() to get the first user it finds in the collection it results of
//If you're planning on getting an attribute (is_following = true) to know if
//the authenticated user is following, you can use an accessor in the User model and write this after you've fetched the instance of the User
//$user->append('is_following');
return view ('profile')->with('user', $user);
}
User Model
//Accessor
//People who this user follows
public function getIsFollowingAttribute()
{
return MyFollow::where('followable_id',$this->attributes['id'])->where('user_id',Auth()->user()->id)->count() > 0 ? true : false;
}
//Relationships
//People who this user follows
public function follow()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\MyFollow','user_id','id');
}
//People who follows this user
public function followers()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\MyFollow','followable_id','id');
}
//Posts of this user
public function posts()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Post','user_id','id');
}
//Likes of this user, not sure about this one tho, we're not using this for now but it could come in handy for you in the future
public function likes()
{
return $this->hasManyThrough('App\Likes','App\Post','user_id','user_id','id');
}
Post Model
//Who like this post
public function likes()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Post','user_id','id');
}
MyFollow Model
//Relationships
//People who follow this user
public function followers()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\MyFollow','followable_id','user_id');
}
//Relationships
//People who this user follows
public function follow()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\MyFollow','user_id','followable_id');
}

Answer 2

With the help of #abr i found a simple fix, simple solution.
MyFollow.php(model)
public function followers()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\MyFollow','followable_id','user_id');
}
//Relationships
//People who this user follows
public function follow()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\MyFollow','user_id','followable_id');
}
User.php(model)
public function getIsFollowingAttribute()
{
return MyFollow::where('followable_id',$this->attributes['id'])->where('user_id',Auth()->user()->id)->count() > 0 ? true : false;
}
public function follow()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\MyFollow');
}
UserController.php
public function getProfile($user)
{
$users = User::with(['posts.likes' => function($query) {
$query->whereNull('deleted_at');
$query->where('user_id', auth()->user()->id);
}, 'followers','follow.followers'])
->with(['followers' => function($query) {
}])->where('name','=', $user)->get();
$user = $users->map(function(User $myuser){
$myuser['followedByMe'] = $myuser->getIsFollowingAttribute();
return $myuser;
});
if(!$user){
return redirect('404');
}
return view ('profile')->with('user', $user);
}
it works now. :)