Eloquent关系集合不是由属性访问器返回，但如果我使用relation（） - > get（）;

Question

I'm having an issue with eloquent whereby when I call $unit->assets I am receiving an empty collection. But if I call $unit->assets()->get() - I receive a collection with the correct results.

According to the documentation my relations are defined correctly, which also seems apparent given that I get correct results when calling get() on the relationship object.

class Unit extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'organisation_units';

    public function assets()
    {
        return $this->hasMany(MediaElement::class, 'owner_id');
    }
}

class MediaElement extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'template_elements';

    public function owner()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Unit::class, 'owner_id');
    }
}

Table structure is

organisation_units

id | name

template_elements

id | owner_id | name | filename

Answer 1

Turns out the issue was the fact that I use "assets" as the relation method name. "assets" must be a reserved or already used keyword within models or something. Will update the post when I find out exactly why.

Also had the same issue with the method names "colors" and "templates".

The real issue here, was that I was storing my organisation unit in the session and when retrieving that from the session, the relations were already loaded.

Calling $model->fresh() before saving to the session sorted out the issue.

Thanks to those who attempted to help.