[FIXED] Get hidden attribute of a model specified using Model::with()

Issue

In a controller, I use this code to get all Text objects and their associated authors

return Text::with('authors')->get();

This is part of a backend only available to admins, and I need them to be able to access the authors name fields. But in the Author model, I set protected $hidden = ['name']; when I programmed another part of my app that's for standard users.

There's a hasMany relationship: Each text has many authors. Is there a way to use with, but get some hidden attribute? Or the other way round, to declare some attribute as hidden temporarily when using with?

Please note this is question is about the use of with in combination with hidden attributes. I'm not looking for something like $authors = $authors->makeVisible(['name']); (which is explained here).

Solution

I could find two approaches to solve my problem:

1) Using each as seen in this question

$texts = Text::with('authors')
             ->get()
             ->each(function ($text) {
    $text->authors->makeVisible(['name']);
});

2) Using transform() as recommended in an answer to the same question. This seems to be way faster.

$texts = Text::with('authors')
             ->get()
             ->transform(function ($text) {
    $text->authors->makeVisible(['name']);
    return $text;
});

Answered By - Pida