Call to undefined method Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder::save()

Question

I am trying to call Eloquent\'s save() method on an existing record but getting an error from Illuminate\'s Query Builder.

Following the documentation on Laravel\'s web

Answer 1

Apparently the ->get() method will not work with Eloquent's ->save() method and you must use ->first() instead.

Correct: $this->employee = Employee::where('login', $login)->first();

Incorrect: $this->employee = Employee::where('login', $login)->get();

See http://laravel.io/forum/06-04-2014-symfony-component-debug-exception-fatalerrorexception-call-to-undefined-method-illuminatedatabaseeloquentcollectionsave for additional reference.