Level 37
It depends on the context. Can you post your full job class?
Oct 30, 2018
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Level 1
Cannot call custom Job method withing job itself
I have created a Job containing a few helper methods, contained within the job class itself. When I try to call the methods ($this->method($params);), I get an error that the method does not exist.
Any ideas?
Level 1
Turns out I was using the exists() method on an already declared DB collection. So, I ended up using the first() method instead and treating the returned data as a boolean.
Is this an oversight? Why can't I use the exists() method on existing collections?
Level 37
@fogley Well it's unclear exactly what you did since you posted no code.
Level 1
This is the gist of it:
$db_data = Model::all();
if($db_data->where('column', 'value')->exists()){
// do stuff
}
Using first() instead of exists() solved the problem.
Level 37
@fogley Yeah there's no method exists on the collection class. You can use count which will return zero or more, it's actually what people use. I think the collection class is macroable so you can just extend it and have the method exists ;)
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