Attempt to read property "menus" on null - laravel

Question

when i run laravel project on my computer after doing php artisan serve as soon as it login it shows error "Attempt to read property "menus" on null"
Please help me
#foreach ($specials->menus as $menu)
<div class="max-w-xs mx-4 mb-2 rounded-lg shadow-lg">
<img class="w-full h-48" src="{{ Storage::url($menu->image) }}" alt="Image" />
<div class="px-6 py-4">
<h4 class="mb-3 text-xl font-semibold tracking-tight text-green-600 uppercase">
{{ $menu->name }}</h4>
<p class="leading-normal text-gray-700">{{ $menu->description }}.</p>
</div>
<div class="flex items-center justify-between p-4">
<span class="text-xl text-green-600">${{ $menu->price }}</span>
</div>
</div>
#endforeach
welcomecontroller.php
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Menu extends Model
{
use HasFactory;
protected $fillable = ['name', 'price', 'description', 'image'];
public function categories()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(Category::class, 'category_menu');
}
}

Answer 1

I suppose you forgot to initialize $specials, it is null, that's why you get the error.
Could you try to use dd before foreach statement, so we can see it's content?
{{ dd($specials) }}
UPDATE:
#if(!is_null($specials))
#foreach ($specials->menus as $menu)
<div class="max-w-xs mx-4 mb-2 rounded-lg shadow-lg">
<img class="w-full h-48" src="{{ Storage::url($menu->image) }}" alt="Image" />
<div class="px-6 py-4">
<h4 class="mb-3 text-xl font-semibold tracking-tight text-green-600 uppercase">
{{ $menu->name }}</h4>
<p class="leading-normal text-gray-700">{{ $menu->description }}.</p>
</div>
<div class="flex items-center justify-between p-4">
<span class="text-xl text-green-600">${{ $menu->price }}</span>
</div>
</div>
#endforeach
#else
<div>no item was found</div>
#endif

Answer 2

Your issue is with this line of code (from the comments):
$specials = Category::where('name', 'specials')->first();
->first(); can return null, so when you use it later as $specials->menus, it can be null->menus, which is not valid.
You can use ->firstOrFail() to trigger a 404 in the event $specials results in null, or #foreach($specials->menus ?? [] as $menu) to short-circuit your foreach() with an empty array if $specials is null:
In your Controller:
$specials = Category::where('name', 'specials')->firstOrFail();
return view('welcome', compact('specials'));
OR
In your View:
#foreach($specials->menus ?? [] as $menu)
...
#endforeach
Either case will properly handle your "unsafe" code (unsafe meaning functional, but possible for unhandled errors, like null->menus, etc.) and either trigger a 404 before the view is rendered, or perform a foreach() on an empty array, which does nothing.