Calling a function inside a function [PHP, Laravel, Eloquentl] - php

Question

I am using October CMS built on Laravel, and I am having some strange issues I am not sure how to interpret.
Code Sample 1: Works fine (Component EstateList)
public function onRun()
{
$this->listEstates();
}
/**
* Pulls all the estates from the model
*
* #return $estateList
*/
protected function listEstates()
{
$estateList = RealEstate::all();
return $estateList;
}
Code Sample 2: Doesn't work (Component EstateDetails)
public function onRun()
{
$this->show();
}
/**
* Returns the slug and display individual Estate Object
*
* #return $pageDetails
*/
protected function show()
{
$slug = $this->param('slug');
$pageDetails = RealEstate::find($slug);
echo $slug; //returns slug as it should
echo $pageDetails; //empty
if ($pageDetails) {
return $pageDetails;
} else {
return \Response::make('Page not found', 404);
}
}
If I just put the code of show() into the function onRun() it works fine. Why does echo echo $pageDetails return empty on the Code Sample 2? if it is ran in a seperate function show().
Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

Try changing it to RealEstate::where('slug', '=', $slug)->firstOrFail();. The find bit searches the ID table for the column, not the slug.

Answer 2

You are not 'returning' the Response from show()
Try changing $this->show(); to return return $this->show(); in onRun()

Answer 3

Try changing your code to this
public function onRun()
{
return $this->show();
}
/**
* Returns the slug and display individual Estate Object
*
* #return $pageDetails
*/
protected function show()
{
$slug = $this->param('slug');
$pageDetails = RealEstate::where('slug', '=', $slug)->firstOrFail();;
echo $slug; //returns slug as it should
echo $pageDetails; //empty
if ($pageDetails) {
return $pageDetails;
} else {
return \Response::make('Page not found', 404);
}
}
Hopefully This will solve your problem