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

Question

I am new to laravel and I am enjoying it. While working on a social media project I got this error: htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given (

Answer 1

In my case, i used a function inside blade file like $brand->products() and it was returning array, thats why i was seeing the message.

when i changed my code and returning string, the error was gone.