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laravel eloquent accessors php

I'm testing a new approach and I'm trying to debug I'm working with a peculiar scenario while using Laravel 9, where a custom accessor defined on my model that relies on a relationship is not returning the expected value. I have a `User` model and a corresponding `Profile` model, where each user has one profile. I created an accessor in the `User` model to return the user's full name by concatenating the first and last name from the associated profile. However, I'm getting a `null` value instead of the expected full name when I try to access it. Here's what my code looks like: ```php // User.php class User extends Model { public function profile() { return $this->hasOne(Profile::class); } public function getFullNameAttribute() { return $this->profile ? $this->profile->first_name . ' ' . $this->profile->last_name : null; } } // Profile.php class Profile extends Model { protected $fillable = ['first_name', 'last_name', 'user_id']; } ``` I have already ensured that the `Profile` records exist for the users I'm testing with. However, when I execute the following code: ```php $user = User::find(1); echo $user->full_name; ``` I see `null` printed out. I've tried eager loading the profile relationship like this: ```php $user = User::with('profile')->find(1); echo $user->full_name; ``` but I still get the same scenario. I checked the database and verified that the associated profile for user ID 1 exists with both `first_name` and `last_name` set. I also tried debugging by dumping the profile relationship: ```php dump($user->profile); ``` This outputs `null`, indicating that the relationship is not being loaded properly. Could this be related to how the models are defined or a potential scenario with the way the relationship is set up? Any insights on what could be causing this question would be greatly appreciated! This is my first time working with Php 3.9. Am I approaching this the right way?