How to achieve this on laravel 5 eloquent - laravel

Question

How can i achieve something like this?
public function getInformation($model) {
$result = $model::with(['province', 'city']);
if($model == 'App\Models\Business') {
$result->with(['businessProvince', 'businessCity']);
}
$result->get();
}
// call the function
$information->getInformation(\App\Models\Business::class);
i'm getting error
Object of class Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder could not be
converted to string
on the sample code above. Any suggestion is really appreciated.

Answer 1

After taking a fourth look $model should be a string, and $result is an Eloquent Builder instance and never an instance of the model class (since a query was started when with was called).
So the $model == 'App\Models\Business' I would change to $model === \App\Models\Business::class but that should not change the outcome.
Are you sure this error comes from this part of the application? Which line specifically?
Original wrong answer.
You are trying to compare the model instance with a string (since $model::with() created a instance of the model class you passed in the $model argument).
You can use the instanceof keyword for comparing an instance with a class name (http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.type.php).
if($model instanceof \App\Models\Business) {
$result->with(['businessProvince', 'businessCity']);
}

Answer 2

This solved my problem, thank you guys.
public function getInformation($model) {
$result = $model::with(['province', 'city']);
if($model == 'App\Models\Business') {
// my mistake
//$result->with(['businessProvince', 'businessCity']);
$result = $result->with(['businessProvince', 'businessCity']);
}
$result->get();
}