Laravel 5.3 Scope Return - laravel

Question

I'm having problem with this scope in my product Model
My scope look like this:
public function scopeLessNinetyDays( $query ){
$date = new \Carbon\Carbon;
$date->subWeek(12);
return $query->where('created_at', '<', $date->toDateTimeString())->get() ;
}
I tried to loop it in category and the result is at the bottom. I need to return true or false. If the product created_at is in 12 weeks already. This is weird because it returns collection. Instead of single product.
#foreach( $category->product->take(4) as $product )
{{ dd($product->lessNinetyDays()) }}
#endforeach
If I used this code it returns single product. See Image at the bottom.
#foreach( $category->product->take(4) as $product )
{{ dd($product) }}
#endforeach
I don't know how to achieved that goal because of the results.

Answer 1

You are wrongly using a Local Scope. Scopes are used when selecting rows from the database, only that match the defined scope.
What you are looking for, is something like a "fake attribute" (accessor), which is probably the most Eloquent way of achieving what you are wishing for.
First, define this accessor:
public function getIsLessNinetyDaysAttribute() {
$date = (new \Carbon\Carbon)->subWeek(12);
return $this->created_at->lt($date);
}
Now, you can access this property by using:
#foreach( $category->product->take(4) as $product )
{{ dd($product->is_less_ninety_days) }}
#endforeach
This should return either true or false.
Example for using a local Scope
After defining this scope:
public function scopeLessNinetyDays( $query ){
$date = new \Carbon\Carbon;
$date->subWeek(12);
return $query->where('created_at', '<', $date->toDateTimeString())->get();
}
Now, you can chain this scope to your select query:
#foreach( $category->product->lessNinetyDays()->get() as $product )
{{ dd($product) }}
#endforeach
In this foreach loop, the only rows returned are the rows that are matching the lessNinetyDays scope.
There a multiple ways to achieve your goal, but in such cases, I always prefer an accessor.

Answer 2

Scope's are for query selecting. See Local Scopes
If you just add the following to the model then it should return true or false.
public function lessNinetyDays()
{
$date = new \Carbon\Carbon;
$date->subWeek(12);
return $this->created_at > $date;
}

Answer 3

You're using the scope incorrectly.
It's not supposed to return anything - it's only supposed to modify the query, it shouldn't return anything, especially the results of the query. Therefore you should replace
return $query->where('created_at', '<', $date->toDateTimeString())->get() ;
with
$query->where('created_at', '<', $date->toDateTimeString());
Then, if you want to fetch products that were created within last 90 days, you'll need to do the following:
$products->lessNinetyDays()->get();
See more info here: https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/eloquent#local-scopes