How can i solve this error using "Laravel Follow" - laravel

Question

So i'm trying to make a like system for my imageshare.
For that i tried to use the "Laravel Follow" from overtrue but it's giving me problems.
Everytime i try to use the functions that he says in his GitHub page it always gives me "Call to undefined method App\Models\Photo::needsToApproveFollowRequests()".
This is my User.php
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\CanResetPassword;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Laravel\Sanctum\HasApiTokens;
use Overtrue\LaravelFollow\Followable;
class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
{
use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable, Followable;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var string[]
*/
protected $fillable = [
'firstName',
'lastName',
'name',
'email',
'password',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for serialization.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password',
'remember_token',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be cast.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $casts = [
'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
];
}
And this is the function in my controller where I'm trying to use it:
public function getSnatch($id) {
//Let's try to find the image from database first
$image = Photo::find($id);
if(!$image) {
abort(404);
}
$imageThumb = Photo::find($id)->paginate(1);
$user = User::find($image->user);
$currentUser = User::find(auth()->user()->id);
// $user = User::where('id', $userID)->first();
$lastId = Photo::where('id', '<', $image->id)->max('id');
$nextId = Photo::where('id', '>', $image->id)->min('id');
// $nextPageNumber = $image->id + 1;
$maxId = Photo::find($id)->max('id');
$minId = Photo::find($id)->min('id');
// $imageCount = count(DB::table('photos')->get());
// ddd($nextId);
$likeImage = $currentUser->toggleFollow($image);
$totalLikes = $image->followers();
if ($lastId < $minId) {
$lastId = $maxId;
}
if ($nextId === NULL) {
$nextId = $minId;
}
//If found, we load the view and pass the image info asparameter, else we redirect to main page with errormessage
if($image) {
return View::make('tpl.permalink')
->with('image', $image)
->with('lastId', $lastId)
->with('nextId', $nextId)
->with('user', $user)
->with('imageThumb', $imageThumb)
->with('currentUser', $currentUser)
->with('likeImage', $likeImage)
->with('totalLikes', $totalLikes);
} else {
return Redirect::to('/')->with('error','Image not found');
}
}
Everything in the composer is well installed.
I also tried to delete the vendor folder, clear the cache of the composer and make composer install again, didn't work.

Answer 1

You have to override the method in your model that uses Followable trait.
public function needsToApproveFollowRequests()
{
// Your custom logic here
return (bool) $this->private;
}