Use carbon on Views laravel

Question

I want to use the Carbon on Views I'm including it on the top of the views file but it doesnt work, I'm doing it like this.

 <?php use carbon/carbon;?>
 @extends('main_layout')

      @foreach ($myquery as $mytask) 
                <tr>

                <td >
                 {{($mytask->firstname)}}
                </td>

                 <td >
                        {{($mytask->lastname)}}
                </td>
                    <td>
               {{($mytask->logon)}}
                    </td>

 @section('content')
 @stop

I just get errors. I want to convert the {{($mytask->logon)}} to human readable format using carbon

Tswana

What's ->logon ? Is it mutated to carbon in your Eloquent model using getDates() or accessor? – Sargassum

What's the solution? – Dickinson

Can't you pass in a carbon object variable via the controller? It would save you a whole mess. – Croon

Answer 1

EDIT 2021-10-29

It appears that Laravel now encourages the use of date casts for this question:

/**
 * The attributes that should be cast.
 *
 * @var array
 */
protected $casts = [
    'created_at' => 'datetime:Y-m-d',
];

Original Answer

I would add sommething quoting Laravel Documentation for googlers to add how you can transform your SQL datetime fields into Carbon objects:

In your Model:

protected $dates = ['created_at', 'updated_at', 'disabled_at','mydate'];

All the fields present on this array will be automatically accessible in your views with Carbon functions like:

{{ $article->mydate->diffForHumans() }}

Inky

Heads up for the hint ! – Mowbray

Sweet. This is better than handling in the controller – Nonagenarian

Very much preferred as simple and cleaner. – Rhythmist

this will not work for me because I am getting data from an sql server stored procedure – Karilla

Answer 2

You need not add a use statement for carbon in the view. Just make sure that $mytask->logon is indeed a carbon object and use the format() method to turn it into a string

{{ $mytask->logon->format('Y/m/d') }}

Edit:

If $mytask->logon is a carbon object use:

 {{ $mytask->logon->diffForHumans() }}

If it's still a string use:

{{  \Carbon\Carbon::createFromTimeStamp(strtotime($mytask->logon))->diffForHumans()‌​ }}

I would advise to do that in the controller though or a view composer to keep your view neat.

Hindenburg

Yes sir the $mytask->logon is in timestamp format, but what i want to do is to use the second,minutes or hours ago. For example 5mins ago, an hour ago. Just like that sir – Tswana

If $mytask->logon is a carbon object use: $mytask->logon->diffForHumans() If it's still a string use: \Carbon\Carbon::createFromTimeStamp(strtotime($mytask->logon))->diffForHumans();. I would advise to do that in the controller though or a view composer to keep your view neat. – Hindenburg

Just keeps getting eroor, when I use any of the said answers in the views. :( – Tswana

Answer 3

Blade Use:

{{ \Carbon\Carbon::parse($mytask->logon)->diffForHumans() }}

Output: For a task that is one day ago from now

1 day ago

More for Human readable time by Carbon you can read - Carbon Difference For Humans

Borroff

Answer 4

Just Copy Paste it into your Model

public function getCreatedAtAttribute($value)
{
    $date = new Carbon($value);
    return $date->toDayDateTimeString();
}

And called ->created_at like you normally called in your view.

Don't forget to use the Carbon Class Model

Condor

Answer 5

For laravel 5 Note if you need to do some custom mutations, chuck this in your model.

 /**
 * The string attribute that should be cast to custom carbon date.
 *
 * @var array
 */

public function getTimeAttribute()
{
     return Carbon::createFromTimestampUTC($this->attributes['time']/1000);
}

Dont worry you can still access the original attribute.

    New = {{ $event->time }} Original = {{ $event->getOriginal('time')}}

Hope this helps someone who cannot use the standard way mentioned.

Beaton

This was very helpfull – Mowbray

Answer 6

{{\Carbon\Carbon::parse($mytask->logon)->format('Y-m-d')}}

Killam

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