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getTranslations() return string and expecting array

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Hi there again @tabacitu

So as we spoke on #492 the problem really was MariaDB. I had to remove MariaDB and go with MySQL.

After that i run into some strange problem, so i will describe it to you.

This is my model:

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Backpack\CRUD\CrudTrait;
use Backpack\CRUD\ModelTraits\SpatieTranslatable\Sluggable;
use Backpack\CRUD\ModelTraits\SpatieTranslatable\SluggableScopeHelpers;
use Backpack\CRUD\ModelTraits\SpatieTranslatable\HasTranslations;



class Company extends Model
{
    use CrudTrait;
    use Sluggable, SluggableScopeHelpers;
    use HasTranslations;

protected $translatable = ['name'];

When i create a new resource it get save into database. The name becomes: {"en": "Bruno Tavares"} And the slug: {"en": "{\"en\":\"bruno-tavares\"}"}

I think the slug is beeing generated from {"en": "Bruno Tavares"} and not from "Bruno Tavares"

After saving to the database it returns to the list of companys, and that’s when i get the following error:

ErrorException in HasTranslations.php line 72:
Type error: Return value of App\Models\Company::getTranslations() must be of the type array, string returned (View: C:\wamp\www\megaboff\resources\views\vendor\backpack\crud\columns\text.blade.php) (View: C:\wamp\www\megaboff\resources\views\vendor\backpack\crud\columns\text.blade.php)

My fields on database are type JSON as i’v updated also doctrine/dbal to work with them within laravel.

Any idea why this could be happening?

EDIT PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

When i use my seeder to populate the database with fake data i got the same formating in database as if i create a new model instance using the create crud. The error only happen if i have data created with seeder, if i delete the data created with seeder the error goes away.

What i did to test this ?

I created some companys using the seeder, and created another exactly the same but using the crud panel. (only id is diff) (btw, the sluggable shoudn’t ensure uniqueness?) After i deleted the ones generated by my seeders the error goes away, but i’m left with the same info in the database for the row i did not deleted as i had from the previous created with the seeder.

This is my factory:

$factory->define(App\Models\Company::class, function (Faker\Generator $faker) {
    static $domain;
    $tID = \App\Models\Template::inRandomOrder()->first()->id;
    $name = $faker->name;
    //$slug = str_slug($name);
    return [
        'name' => ['en' => $name],
        'address' => $faker->address,
        'email' => $faker->unique()->safeEmail,
        'phone' => $faker->numerify('#########'),
        'nif' => $faker->numerify('#########'),
        'active' => $faker->boolean($chanceOfGettingTrue = 80),
        'logo' => $faker->imageUrl($width = 640, $height = 480),
        'default_lang' => $faker->languageCode,
        'domain' => $domain ?: $domain = "www.backmotivos.dev",
        'template_id' => $tID,
        'extras' => json_encode($faker->creditCardDetails),
    ];
});

You can check this image: http://prntscr.com/ebnjr9

When i left only id 4 (the one i created using crud panel) it simply works …