I am struggling to understand how laravel works and I have a very difficult time with it
Model - User.php the User model
<?php
use Illuminate\Auth\UserInterface;
use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableInterface;
class User extends Eloquent implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface {
protected $fillable = array('email' , 'username' , 'password', 'code');
/**
* The database table used by the model.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $table = 'users';
/**
* The attributes excluded from the model's JSON form.
*
* @var array
*/
protected $hidden = array('password');
public function Characters()
{
return $this->hasMany('Character');
}
/**
* Get the unique identifier for the user.
*
* @return mixed
*/
public function getAuthIdentifier()
{
return $this->getKey();
}
/**
* Get the password for the user.
*
* @return string
*/
public function getAuthPassword()
{
return $this->password;
}
/**
* Get the e-mail address where password reminders are sent.
*
* @return string
*/
public function getReminderEmail()
{
return $this->email;
}
}
Model - Character.php the character model
<?php
class Character extends Eloquent {
protected $table = 'characters';
protected $fillable = array('lord_id','char_name', 'char_dynasty', 'picture');
public function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo('User');
}
public function Titles()
{
return $this->hasMany('Title');
}
}
?>
routes.php
Route::group(array('prefix' => 'user'), function()
{
Route::get("/{user}", array(
'as' => 'user-profile',
'uses' => 'ProfileController@user'));
});
ProfileController.php
<?php
class ProfileController extends BaseController{
public function user($user) {
$user = User::where('username', '=', Session::get('theuser') );
$char = DB::table('characters')
->join('users', function($join)
{
$join->on('users.id', '=', 'characters.user_id')
->where('characters.id', '=', 'characters.lord_id');
})
->get();
if($user->count()) {
$user = $user->first();
return View::make('layout.profile')
->with('user', $user)
->with('char', $char);
}
return App::abort(404);
}
}
In my code I will redirect to this route with the following:
return Redirect::route('user-profile', Session::get('theuser'));
In the view I just want to do:
Welcome back, {{ $user->username }}, your main character is {{ $char->char_name }}
My problem is that I will receive this error: Trying to get property of non-object in my view. I am sure it is referring to $char->char_name. What's going wrong? I have a very difficult time understanding Laravel. I don't know why. Thanks in advance!