How do I see published posts count with Eloquent using a ServiceProvider - laravel-5

Question

I have a Blog Categories in the sidebar.blade.php
#foreach ($categories as $category)
<li>
<i class="fa fa-angle- right"></i> {{$category->title}}
<span class="badge pull-right">{{$category->posts()->count()}}</span>
</li>
#endforeach
But this count give me all the posts in my database, even the ones that are scheduled to post at a later date.
PostsController
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Post;
use App\Category;
class PostsController extends Controller
{
protected $limit = 3;
public function index()
{
$posts = Post::with('author')
->latestFirst()
->published()
->paginate($this->limit);
return view('posts.index', compact('posts'));
}
public function category(Category $category)
{
$categoryName = $category->title;
$posts = $category->posts()
->with('author')
->latestFirst()
->published()
->paginate($this->limit);
return view('posts.index', compact('posts', 'categoryName'));
}
Here's the Post.php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use GrahamCampbell\Markdown\Facades\Markdown;
class Post extends Model
{
//Table Name
protected $table = 'posts';
// Primary Key
public $primaryKey = 'id';
// Timestamps
public $timestamps = true;
/*protected $fillable = [
'title',
'excerpt',
'body',
'categery_id',
'image',
];*/
protected $dates = ['published_at'];
public function author()
{
return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
}
public function category()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Category::class);
}
public function getImageUrlAttribute($value)
{
$imageUrl = "";
if( ! is_null($this->image))
{
$imagePath = public_path() . "/img/" . $this->image;
if(file_exists($imagePath)) $imageUrl = asset("img/" . $this->image);
}
return $imageUrl;
}
public function getDateAttribute()
{
return is_null($this->published_at) ? '' : $this->published_at->diffForHumans();
}
public function getExcerptHtmlAttribute(){
return $this->excerpt ? Markdown::convertToHtml(e($this->excerpt)) : NULL;
}
public function getBodyHtmlAttribute()
{
return $this->body ? Markdown::convertToHtml(e($this->body)) : NULL;
}
public function scopeLatestFirst($query)
{
return $query->orderBy('published_at', 'desc');
}
public function scopePublished($query)
{
return $query->where('published_at', '<=', Carbon::now());
}
}
Here's my Category.php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Category extends Model
{
protected $table = 'categories';
/*protected $fillable = [
'title',
'excerpt',
'body',
'categery_id',
'image',
'slug'
];*/
public function posts()
{
return $this->hasMany(Post::class);
}
public function getRouteKeyName()
{
return 'slug';
}
}
Web.php
Route::get('/', 'PagesController#index');
Route::get('/about', 'PagesController#about');
Route::get('/category/{category}', [
'uses' => 'PostsController#category',
'as' => 'category'
]);
Route::resource('books', 'BooksController');
Route::resource('posts', 'PostsController');
Route::resource('categories', 'CategoriesController', ['except'=> ['create']]);
ComposerServiceProvider.php
namespace App\Providers;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use App\Category;
use App\Post;
class ComposerServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
public function boot()
{
view()->composer('layouts.sidebar', function($view){
$categories = Category::with(['posts' => function($query){
$query->published();
}])->orderBy('title', 'asc')->get();
return $view->with('categories', $categories);
});
}
}
To recap on what I need done...
I want to just have my published post to be accounted for in the counter to show, not all the of the posts in my database..
(<span class="badge pull-right">{{$category->posts->count()}}</span>)
Post.php
public function scopePublished($query)
{
return $query->where('published_at', '<=', Carbon::now());
}
But this is not working right for me, does anyone know why?

Answer 1

Try this one:
<span class="badge pull-right">{{$category->posts()->published()->count()}}</span>
Didn't try but this should do the trick.