Laravel htmlentities() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given after it's converted to string

Question

Trying to set and get session in laravel. In my controller I'm converting an array to string which doesn't throw an error if printed, however froim the error looks like session is getting an array instead of a string. Controller:

 public function  getQuestions(){

    $questions = DB::table('questions')->orderBy(DB::raw('RAND()'))->get();

    $questions= json_decode(json_encode($questions), true);

    Session::put('questions', $questions);

    return view('test', array('questions' => $questions));
}

Blade:

{{ Session::get('questions') }}

An error:

htmlentities() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given

Bikash · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-11 10:08:53Z

1

'questions' is collection of objects. You can't print objected directly using {{placeholder}}. Whenever you use {{ placeholder}} laravel blade engine assume that it is a string. So it passes that varaible through htmlentities functions. So the error comes. If you really need to print this, you can write a foreach loop. Here is sample

@foreach(Session::get('questions') as $question)
         {{$question-> attribute _to_print}}
      @endforeach

Blade tutorial

Blade {{ }} statements are automatically sent through PHP's htmlspecialchars function to prevent XSS attacks.

edited Jul 11, 2018 at 10:08

answered Jul 11, 2018 at 9:45

Bikash

1,9483 gold badges26 silver badges34 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Laravel htmlentities() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given after it's converted to string

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related