Looping through method within an object Laravel 4 - php

Question

I am trying to loop through a method I created for dates in my object. However, it's only looping the first results and I am not sure how I can make it loop through every result and apply accordingly.
Date Method
public function getDate($date) {
$date = preg_replace('/,/', '', $date);
$newDate = strtotime($date);
$dateFormat = date('l: F d, Y',$newDate);
return $dateFormat;
}
Controller calling the Model
public function showDashboard() {
$pages = Pages::orderBy('created_at', 'DESC')->get();
// foreach($pages as $page) {
// $date = $this->getDate($page->created_at);
// }
//var_dump($date); die;
return View::make('dashboard.index', ['pageTitle' => 'Dashboard','pages' => $pages]);
}
dumping $date only returns one result which looks like the last date in the database table. If I put the dump inside the loop I only get the first result.
I tried applying the method directly to the Blade template $this->getDate($page->created_at); but returns an error stating it is not a defined method. The blade template is just a simple foreach loop that would show each record. What I want accomplished is foreach one of those created_at records I want the getDate method applied to it.

Answer 1

You've not set $date as an array - its writing over itself each time..
public function showDashboard() {
$pages = Pages::orderBy('created_at', 'DESC')->get();
$date = array();
foreach($pages as $page) {
$date[] = $this->getDate($page->created_at);
}
var_dump($date); die;
return View::make('dashboard.index', ['pageTitle' => 'Dashboard','pages' => $pages]);
}