How can i create a relation beetwen two models and pass the model info on to the view through the controller? - eloquent

Question

My Student Model
/**
* #return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
*/
public function fathers()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Father');
}
My StudentController
/**
* Display the specified resource.
*
* #param ManageStudentRequest $request
* #param int $id
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function show(ManageStudentRequest $request, $id)
{
$student = Student::with('fathers')->find($id);
return view('students.show')->withStudent($student);
}
And my Blade View
<tr>
<th>NOMBRE</th>
<td>{{ $student->father->first_name }} {{ $student->father->last_name }}</td>
</tr>
The thing is i get this mistake:
Trying to get property of non-object (View: C:\laragon\www\App\resources\views\students\partials\show\show-overview.blade.php) (View: C:\laragon\www\App\resources\views\students\partials\show\show-overview.blade.php)
Im in desperate need for help, anything is useful, tyvm.

Answer 1

You should setup your structure to have a many to many relationship between students and fathers if that's the logic you want, so:
public function fathers()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Models\Father');
//Also define the inverse relationship on the Father model.
}
Now assuming you've done that then:
On this query $student = Student::with('fathers')->find($id); just append first() so it looks like this:
$student = Student::with('fathers')->find($id)->first();
Then in your view you can access them like this:
<td>{{ $student->father->first_name }} {{ $student->father->last_name }}</td>