Laravel 5.3 - htmlspecialchars () expects parameter 1 to be a string

Question

I am new to laravel and I like it. While working on a project on social networks, I got this error: htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given (View: C:\wamp64\www\histoirevraie\resources\views\user\profile.blade.php)

I checked a few questions on this site, but I did not find a question that solves my problem.

this is what my profile.blade.php consists of:

 <ul class="profile-rows"> <li> <span class="the-label">Last visit: </span> <span class="the-value mark green">{{ \Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat('Ymd H:i:s', $user->lastVisit)->diffForHumans(\Carbon\Carbon::now())}}</span> </li> <li> <span class="the-label">Member since: </span> <span class="the-value mark light-gray">{{ $user->created_at->format('F Y') }}</span> </li> <li> <span class="the-label">Profile views: </span> <span class="the-value mark light-gray">5146</span> </li> <li> <span class="the-label">Living In: </span> <span class="the-value">{{ $user->town }}</span> </li> <li> <span class="the-label">Website: </span> <span class="the-value"><a href="{{ url($user->website) }}">{{ $user->website }}</a></span> </li> </ul> 

All user information is provided by the controller:

 public function index($username){ $user = User::where('username', $username)->first(); return view('user.profile', compact('user')); } 

Please help me solve this problem!

Answer 1

I think your $user->website empty / empty.

If you look at url() , Laravel will return an UrlGenerator instance if $path is null.

So, in your case, if $user->website empty, you will get UrlGenerator back and therefore your error regarding htmlspecialchars getting the object.

One simple solution would be to wrap the html check with validation:

 @if($user->website) <li> ... </li> @endif 

Answer 2

In my case, I used a function inside the blade file of the file, for example $brand->products() , and it returned an array, so I saw the message.

when I changed my code and returned the line, the error disappeared.

Answer 3

I got this because, in my opinion, I used $errors->get('username') to show errors, but get() returns an array. Switching to $errors->first('username') fixed this.

Answer 4

1. By checking your HTML form and the data you entered, you send the data of the array, so they give this error, so you send the data in a string format, so convert this data to an array and then send it to it using the post method.