Despite having implemented many L4 relationships and them working most of the time. I am struggling and for some reason cannot see where I have gone wrong. It is almost certainly something obvious.
The relationship is that A task has one topic, topics have many tasks.
Task Model
class Task extends Eloquent {
protected $guarded = array();
public static $rules = array(
);
public function resources()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('Resource');
}
public function topic()
{
return $this->belongsTo('Topic', 'topic_id');
}
}
Topic Model
class Topic extends Eloquent {
protected $guarded = array();
public static $rules = array();
public function tasks()
{
return $this->hasMany('Task');
}
}
Task Controller
public function show($id)
{
$task = $this->task->where('number', $id);
return View::make('tasks.show', compact('task'));
}
when I dd ($task) the relations array is empty.
object(Task)#688 (21) { ["guarded":protected]=> array(0) { } ["connection":protected]=> NULL ["table":protected]=> NULL ["primaryKey":protected]=> string(2) "id" ["perPage":protected]=> int(15) ["incrementing"]=> bool(true) ["timestamps"]=> bool(true) ["attributes":protected]=> array(11) { ["id"]=> string(1) "9" ["number"]=> string(1) "6" ["topic"]=> string(1) "2" ["topic_old"]=> string(10) "War Effort" ["task"]=> string(28) "You want us to collect Moss?" ["objective"]=> string(36) "Collecting Information including Q&A" ["method"]=> string(29) "Supported historical research" ["context"]=> string(0) "" ["level"]=> string(0) "" ["created_at"]=> string(19) "0000-00-00 00:00:00" ["updated_at"]=> string(19) "0000-00-00 00:00:00" } ["original":protected]=> array(11) { ["id"]=> string(1) "9" ["number"]=> string(1) "6" ["topic"]=> string(1) "2" ["topic_old"]=> string(10) "War Effort" ["task"]=> string(28) "You want us to collect Moss?" ["objective"]=> string(36) "Collecting Information including Q&A" ["method"]=> string(29) "Supported historical research" ["context"]=> string(0) "" ["level"]=> string(0) "" ["created_at"]=> string(19) "0000-00-00 00:00:00" ["updated_at"]=> string(19) "0000-00-00 00:00:00" } ["relations":protected]=> array(0) { } ["hidden":protected]=> array(0) { } ["visible":protected]=> array(0) { } ["appends":protected]=> array(0) { } ["fillable":protected]=> array(0) { } ["dates":protected]=> array(0) { } ["touches":protected]=> array(0) { } ["observables":protected]=> array(0) { } ["with":protected]=> array(0) { } ["morphClass":protected]=> NULL ["exists"]=> bool(true) ["softDelete":protected]=> bool(false) }
topic_id
– latitudehopper