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

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

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

So in your case if $user->website is empty, you'd get UrlGenerator back and thus your error about htmlspecialchars getting an object.

One simple solution would be to wrap your html chunk with a check:

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

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

I was getting this because in my view I was using $errors->get('username') to show errors but get() returns an array. Switching to $errors->first('username') fixed this.