Laravel Json Response Not working as expected

Question

Unable to get response while response object is empty. Works perfect when the object has data returned.

public function show($id)
{
    $associates = Associate::         


        

Answer 1

It will be easier if you use route model binding to find the ID of the record. For more information check https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/routing#route-model-binding.

I think the snippet below should work.

if ($associates) {
    $output = array('message' => 'success','data'=>$associates);
    $status = 200;
} else {
    $output = array('message' => 'No Records Found');
    $status = 204;
}