Laravel 9 - implementing Custom Query Scopes in Eloquent Models
I'm having a hard time understanding I'm trying to implement a custom query scope in my Laravel 9 Eloquent model to filter users based on their account status, but I'm running into issues... I defined a scope method in my `User` model like this: ```php public function scopeActive($query) { return $query->where('status', '=', 'active'); } ``` When I try to use this scope in my controller, I expect it to return only active users: ```php $activeUsers = User::active()->get(); ``` However, I'm getting an empty collection. I have verified that the `status` column is correctly populated in the database, and there are indeed users with the status set to 'active'. Also, I've checked for typos in the column name and confirmed that the database connection is correctly set up. To debug, I added a `dd($activeUsers->toSql());` statement, but it returns the SQL query without the results. The generated SQL looks correct: ```sql select * from `users` where `status` = 'active' ``` Could this be an scenario with the query scope not being recognized, or is there something else I'm overlooking? What else can I do to troubleshoot this scenario further? My development environment is Linux. This is part of a larger service I'm building. Any pointers in the right direction? This is for a mobile app running on Ubuntu 20.04.