htmlspecialchars(): Argument #1 ($string) must be of type string, Spatie\Html\Html given

[Ohene]

Hello, I am new to Spatie/laravel-html and I have encountered this error.
htmlspecialchars(): Argument #1 ($string) must be of type string, Spatie\Html\Html given

This happens when I call:
{{ html()->model($employee) }}
{{ html()->input('name') }}

Detail error display:
C:\xampp\htdocs\project\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Support\helpers.php : 124
htmlspecialchars

Can someone help know what I am doing wrong?

[fabricio-fn]

The model() method is normally used to create a form linked to a model, but it looks like you are trying to use it without providing a form name.

This may result in the creation of a Spatie\Html\Html object instead of a string.

try this

{!! html()->model($employee)->open() !!}
{{ html()->input('name') }}
{!! html()->closeModel() !!}}

[Ohene]

This is the error message I get when with this option:

"message": "Method Spatie\Html\Html::open does not exist.",
"exception": "Spatie\LaravelIgnition\Exceptions\ViewException",
"file": "C:\xampp\htdocs\holiday\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Macroable\Traits\Macroable.php",
"line": 112,

Is $employee not supposed to be a model?

[imhugos]

I'm sure there must be a better way, but so far I'm able to get away with this:
<?php html()->model($employee); ?> (don't use double curly brackets)

[terremoth]

I am facing this problem too. The documentation seems confused about this.

[charlesbulger]

same here. laravel 11 forcing this.

specifically i need a version of the laravelcollective setModel method to add the model to an already-opened form.

[terremoth]

The documentation seems to be wrong.

@charlesbulger @imhugos @Ohene

You need to do, on blade:

{{ html()->form(...)->open() }}

THEN

@php html()->model($yourModel); @endphp

This solves.

then continue with the inputs and html()->form()->close() .

The problem seems to occur when you use {{ }} or {!! !!}, this behind the scenes is an "echo/print" so it will try to print/echo the html()->model($yourModel) statement.

[charlesbulger]

Thanks! This will work. I ended up adding a blade directive in a Provider to clean it up a little:

Blade::directive('setModel', function ($row) { return "<?php html()->model($row); ?>"; });

Then in view:

@setModel($row ?? null)

[raveren]

The current repository has the issue tracker disabled, it took me a fair bit of searching to find this thread :(

This is most definitely an issue, the example in the first page of documentation is dying with a critical Type error:

I think it would make the most sense if the form would be accepting a model: html()->form(/**/)->model($myModel) but I'm wondering why it was not done like this in the first place.

@freekmurze if you agree I could attempt a PR to add the method to Form, even though it's quite a big change.

I don't see another option without a BC break.

[terremoth]

@raveren

but I'm wondering why it was not done like this in the first place.

I asked myself the exactly same