BadMethodCallException with message 'Call to undefined method Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder::toArray()'

8
votes

I am working along with @Jeffrey_way series of Laracasts Many to Many Relations (With Tags)

Below is the code I have written in CMD using Laravel Tinker:

After executing the last line of code ($article->tags()->toArray();

Although everything seems to be OK with my code but still I get following error:

BadMethodCallException with message 'Call to undefined method Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder::toArray()'

any help would be much appreciated :)

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phplaravellaravel-5laravel-5.2

3 Answers

5
votes

If you want to actually "get" relational data, you don't put parenthesis arount tags. This will work just fine:

$article->tags->toArray();

You put parenthesis when you need to "query" to that collection (Ex. sync, save, attach).

Reference: https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/eloquent-relationships#many-to-many

2
votes

I had the same problem and solved it by adding get()

For example:

$article->tags()->get()->toArray();

Hope this helps someone :)

0
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Try this instead:

$article->tags()->all()->toArray();

Underlying the tags() is probably a Query\Builder object which represents a query that has not yet run. Instead you need a Collection object which is a query that has run, on which to call toArray(). ->all() is one such call that converts a query builder into a collection by actually running the query.