Laravel 9 - How to implement 'Call to a member function getAttribute() on null' when accessing an Eloquent relationship?
I'm integrating two systems and I can't seem to get I'm working with a frustrating scenario in my Laravel 9 application when trying to access a related model's attribute. I have two models: `Post` and `Comment`, where a `Post` has many `Comments`. The relationship is defined correctly in the models: ```php class Post extends Model { public function comments() { return $this->hasMany(Comment::class); } } class Comment extends Model { public function post() { return $this->belongsTo(Post::class); } } ``` Now, in my controller, when I try to retrieve the comments for a particular post, I sometimes get this behavior: `ErrorException: Call to a member function getAttribute() on null` Here's the code snippet from my controller: ```php public function show($id) { $post = Post::with('comments')->find($id); return view('posts.show', compact('post')); } ``` In my `posts.show` Blade view, I'm looping through the comments like this: ```blade @foreach($post->comments as $comment) <p>{{ $comment->body }}</p> @endforeach ``` The scenario arises when the `Post` does not have any comments linked. I expected `$post->comments` to return an empty collection rather than triggering an behavior. I've tried checking whether the `$post` is null before accessing its `comments`, but the behavior continues. Here’s what I added: ```php @if($post && $post->comments) @foreach($post->comments as $comment) <p>{{ $comment->body }}</p> @endforeach @endif ``` Even with this condition, I'm still getting the same behavior. I thought it could be related to eager loading, but I'm not sure. Any suggestions on how to handle this situation better and avoid the `getAttribute()` behavior? This is really hindering my progress, and I would appreciate any insights! Could this be a known issue? Any feedback is welcome!