How could I expose data using var_dump on Eloquent ORM Laravel? - php

Question

I'm new to php development and I want to use var_dump to debug my php program on the client side.
$test= Admin::where("EPANTHERID","=",$email);
var_dump($test);die();
On the client side, I receive this
bject(Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder)[187] protected 'query' => object(Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder)[186] protected 'connection' => object(Illuminate\Database\MySqlConnection)[179] protected 'pdo' => object(PDO)[180] ... protected 'readPdo' => null protected 'reconnector' => object(Closure)[185] ... protected 'queryGrammar' => object(Illuminate\Database\Query\Grammars\MySqlGrammar)[181] ... protected 'schemaGrammar' => null protected 'postProcessor' => object(Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\MySqlProcessor)[182] ... protected 'events' => object(Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher)[14] ... protected 'paginator' => object(Closure)[184] ... protected 'cache' => object(Closure)[183] ... protected 'fetchMode' => int 8 protected 'transactions' => int 0 protected 'queryLog' => array (size=0) ... protected 'loggingQueries' => boolean true protected 'pretending' => boolean false protected 'database' => string 'xinwen_development' (length=18) protected 'tablePrefix' => string '' (length=0) protected 'config' => array (size=9) ... protected 'grammar' => object(Illuminate\Database\Query\Grammars\MySqlGrammar)[181] protected 'selectComponents' => array (size=11) ... protected 'tablePrefix' => string '' (length=0) protected 'processor' => object(Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\MySqlProcessor)[182] protected 'bindings' => array (size=5) 'select' => array (size=0) ... 'join' => array (size=0) ... 'where' => array (size=1) ... 'having' => array (size=0) ... 'order' => array (size=0) ... public 'aggregate' => null public 'columns' => null public 'distinct' => boolean false public 'from' => string 'ADMIN' (length=5) public 'joins' => null public 'wheres' => array (size=1) 0 => array (size=5) ... public 'groups' => null public 'havings' => null public 'orders' => null public 'limit' => null public 'offset' => null public 'unions' => null public 'lock' => null protected 'backups' => array (size=0) empty protected 'cacheKey' => null protected 'cacheMinutes' => null protected 'cacheTags' => null protected 'cacheDriver' => null protected 'operators' => array (size=19) 0 => string '=' (length=1) 1 => string '<' (length=1) 2 => string '>' (length=1) 3 => string '<=' (length=2) 4 => string '>=' (length=2) 5 => string '<>' (length=2) 6 => string '!=' (length=2) 7 => string 'like' (length=4) 8 => string 'not like' (length=8) 9 => string 'between' (length=7) 10 => string 'ilike' (length=5) 11 => string '&' (length=1) 12 => string '|' (length=1) 13 => string '^' (length=1) 14 => string '<<' (length=2) 15 => string '>>' (length=2) 16 => string 'rlike' (length=5) 17 => string 'regexp' (length=6) 18 => string 'not regexp' (length=10) protected 'model' => object(Admin)[178] protected 'table' => string 'ADMIN' (length=5) protected 'fillable' => array (size=1) 0 => string 'EPANTHERID' (length=10) protected 'connection' => null protected 'primaryKey' => string 'id' (length=2) protected 'perPage' => int 15 public 'incrementing' => boolean true public 'timestamps' => boolean true protected 'attributes' => array (size=0) empty protected 'original' => array (size=0) empty protected 'relations' => array (size=0) empty protected 'hidden' => array (size=0) empty protected 'visible' => array (size=0) empty protected 'appends' => array (size=0) empty protected 'guarded' => array (size=1) 0 => string '*' (length=1) protected 'dates' => array (size=0) empty protected 'touches' => array (size=0) empty protected 'observables' => array (size=0) empty protected 'with' => array (size=0) empty protected 'morphClass' => null public 'exists' => boolean false protected 'eagerLoad' => array (size=0) empty protected 'macros' => array (size=0) empty protected 'onDelete' => null protected 'passthru' => array (size=12) 0 => string 'toSql' (length=5) 1 => string 'lists' (length=5) 2 => string 'insert' (length=6) 3 => string 'insertGetId' (length=11) 4 => string 'pluck' (length=5) 5 => string 'count' (length=5) 6 => string 'min' (length=3) 7 => string 'max' (length=3) 8 => string 'avg' (length=3) 9 => string 'sum' (length=3) 10 => string 'exists' (length=6) 11 => string 'getBindings' (length=11)
It seems like Eloquent has some mechanism which prevents me from accessing data using var_dump. How could I solve this problem or could anyone show me a better way to debug my php scripts? Thank you.

Answer 1

You should use:
$test= Admin::where("EPANTHERID","=",$email)->get();
or
$test= Admin::where("EPANTHERID","=",$email)->first();
if EPANTHERID is unique and then use var_dump on result.
That's because without get() or first() (and some other methods) you have in your variable only object that holds your query and not the result of running the query (the query in your code has not been launched yet).