Laravel 3 - Eloquent query returns rules - php

Question

I'm trying to send use models for the first time and running into a confusion. When I run a query, the rules are linked with it, is it supposed to be like that?
Model:
class User extends Elegant
{
public static $table = 'users';
protected $rules = array(
'email' => 'required|email',
'firstname' => 'required',
'lastname' => 'required',
'initials' => 'required|alpha|match:/[A-Z]+/',
'role' => 'required|in:writer_fr,writer_en,reader',
'password' => 'min:6,max:32|same:password2'
);
public static function has_role($role)
{
//$u = new User;
$users = User::where($role, '=', 1)->get(array('firstname', 'lastname'));
return $users;
}
}
Controller
$u = array();
$u['writer_en'] = User::has_role('writer_en');
dd($u['writer_en']);
Which prints out the entire model rules, messages, relationship etc logic. Am I doing something wrong or is this normal?

Answer 1

In your has_role method you are returning User model
public static function has_role($role)
{
//$u = new User;
$users = User::where($role, '=', 1)->get(array('firstname', 'lastname'));
return $users; // <-- User model
}
So, it's dumping the User model and it's doing the right thing as it suppose to do by following code
$u = array();
$u['writer_en'] = User::has_role('writer_en');
dd($u['writer_en']);
Instead of dumping the model, you can use
$user = User::has_role('writer_en');
echo $user->firstname;
echo $user->lastname;