This code gives me an error:
$post = Post::find($post_id);
$post->deleted_at = null;
$post->save();
Here's the error:
Creating default object from empty value
Also tried
$post->deleted_at = '';
Which gave me the same error.
Add a comment
|
2 Answers
If it does not find the model you'll have null in that variable, so you can:
$post = Post::findOrNew($post_id); /// If it doesn't find, it just creates a new model and return it
$post->deleted_at = null;
$post->save();
But if you really need it to exist:
$post = Post::findOrFail($post_id); /// it will raise an exception you can treat after
$post->deleted_at = null;
$post->save();
And, if it just doesn't matter:
if ($post = Post::find($post_id))
{
$post->deleted_at = null;
$post->save();
}
answered Aug 29, 2014 at 22:55
Antonio Carlos Ribeiro
87.9k22 gold badges220 silver badges205 bronze badges
1 Comment
sterfry68
Thanks. Wasn't aware of those two functions.
You have to make sure that you successfully found the database record you are looking for. The error comes from you trying to access a database column on a null object.
A simple check will avoid your error:
$post = Post::find($post_id);
if ($post !== null) {
$post->some_date_field = null;
$post->save();
}
1 Comment
sterfry68
That's it. Thanks. I was trying to return a record that had been soft deleted. This would solve it for me:
Post::withTrashed()->find($post_id);