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laravel eloquent php-8.2 PHP

I've tried everything I can think of but I tried several approaches but none seem to work. I'm working with an unexpected behavior when using the `withCount()` method on Eloquent relationships in Laravel 9 with PHP 8.2. I have a `User` model that has many `Posts`, and I want to get the count of posts for each user along with the user data. However, when I execute the query, the count is always returning `0` for users who have posts associated with them. Here's the relevant code that I am using: ```php $users = User::withCount('posts')->get(); ``` The `posts` relationship is defined in the `User` model like this: ```php public function posts() { return $this->hasMany(Post::class); } ``` I also tried to check if there were any posts in the database, and indeed there are users with multiple posts. To debug further, I added a `dd($users)` after the query, and I see the users are being retrieved, but the `posts_count` attribute is always `0`. I verified that there are no issues with the relationship by running a simple query: ```php $user = User::find(1); $posts = $user->posts; dd($posts); ``` This returns the posts associated with the user correctly. I also checked the database for the `posts` table, and all relevant records seem to be intact. I even cleared the cache and tried various eager loading strategies, but I still encounter the same scenario. Is there a known scenario with using `withCount()` in PHP 8.2, or could I be missing something in my setup? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. For context: I'm using Php on Linux. Is there a better approach? This issue appeared after updating to Php LTS. Any ideas how to fix this? I'm working on a mobile app that needs to handle this.