If statement never evaluates to true (even when it should) - php

Question

I'd created an if statement "if ($user_roles == 3) " and this $user_roles has a value of "3" the condition is supposed to be true but the result is always false.
here is my code below:
public function ViewSponsorInfo($sponsor_id)
{
$id = $sponsor_id;
$user_id = User::where('id','=',$id)->get();
$user_roles = [];
foreach ($user_id as $id) {
array_push($user_roles, $id->role);
}/*
dd($user_roles);*/
if ($user_roles == 3) {
$orga = Organization::where('orga_id','=',$sponsor_id)->get();
dd($orga);
return view('pages.Ngo.View-Sponsor-Information',compact('orga'));
}else{
$indi = Individual::where('indi_id','=',$sponsor_id)->get();
dd($indi);
return view('pages.Ngo.View-Sponsor-Information',compact('indi'));
}
}

Answer 1

$user_rolesis not 3 and can never be. it's an array.
its contents, however, can be three.
try:
if(in_array(3, $user_roles)) { ...}
for reference: in_array

Answer 2

$user_roles is an array. So your if statement is always false.

Answer 3

I think, try this one.
foreach ($user_id as $id) {
array_push($user_roles, array('role' => $id->role));
}/*
dd($user_roles);*/
foreach ($user_roles as $user_role) {
if ($user_role['role'] == 3) {
$orga = Organization::where('orga_id','=',$sponsor_id)->get();
dd($orga);
return view('pages.Ngo.View-Sponsor-Information',compact('orga'));
}else{
$indi = Individual::where('indi_id','=',$sponsor_id)->get();
dd($indi);
return view('pages.Ngo.View-Sponsor-Information',compact('indi'));
}
}
or
foreach ($user_id as $id) {
array_push($user_roles, array('role' => $id->role));
}/*
dd($user_roles);*/
foreach ($user_roles as $user_role) {
if ($user_role->role == 3) {
$orga = Organization::where('orga_id','=',$sponsor_id)->get();
dd($orga);
return view('pages.Ngo.View-Sponsor-Information',compact('orga'));
}else{
$indi = Individual::where('indi_id','=',$sponsor_id)->get();
dd($indi);
return view('pages.Ngo.View-Sponsor-Information',compact('indi'));
}
}
Please said something upon it after tried this one.

Answer 4

Judging from what you show your function ViewSponsorInfo() by its very name is only interested in detecting if this user has the sole role '3' in your db.
I mean the outcome is binary isn't it? Either they are a 3 or they are not, no need to go looping thru results.
$user_id = User::where('id','=',$id)->get();
if($user_id[0] !== 3 ) { //***
doSponsorLink();
}else{
doNonSponsorLink();
}
I'm not familiar with Laravel or the db layer your are using, so maybe that is even simply if($user_id).
untested, and here I am assuming user can only have 1 single role, and we do not seem to be making allowances for the user not existing in the db.