Manually add item to existing object [Laravel 5]

Question

Here is what I try to do:

$q = Question::where(\'id\',$id -> id)->get();
$q[] = $q->push([ \'test\' => true]); 
dd($q);

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Answer 1

It can be done by using setAttribute() function of Eloquent Model (https://github.com/illuminate/database/blob/master/Eloquent/Model.php).
As You can see it stores data in protected $attributes using setAttribute(), and when we do $SomeModel->some_field it uses magic method __get() to retrieve item by association from attributes array.

Here is the resolution to Your question:

$Question = Question::find($id);
$Question->setAttribute('test', 'blablabla');