How can i retreive the user who posted the post

Question

I am learning laravel by developing a small blog. I have created all the necessary relationships. But i am unable to get the name of the user who created the post originally.

i have tried

$post->user->name;

but this returns null, however if I do

$post->user->id

it returns the id of the user who created the post

My post model has this relationship

# Post.php

public function user()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Post');
}

My user model has this relationship

# User.php

public function posts()
{
    return $this->hasMany('App\Post');
}

the results that i want is that if i write

$post->user->name

it should display the user's name

Right now im getting similar results by using this statement:

{{ \App\User::find($post->user_id)->name  }}

Answer 1

Fix your relationship definition. The Post model should point the User model:

Post.php

use App\User; // <----

// ...

public function user()
{
    return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
}   //                      ^^^^^^^^^^^

Also, you shouldn't do queries directly from the frontend, instead, try eager loading the relationship in the back and and then return the object to the view:

PostController.php

public function show(Request $request)
{
    $post = Post::with('user')->find(1);
    //            ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    return view('my_view')->with('post', $post);
}

Then in your view you just use the object directly:

my_view.blade.php

<h1> {{ $post->user->name }} </h1>