[Bug]: _model_helpers file sets "find" return type to "stdClass|null"

[craigrileyuk]

Extension Version

1.5.1

PHP Binary

Herd

Operating System

macOS

What happened?

Whenever I use the find method on an Eloquent model, the return type is set to stdClass|null which causes using any further methods/properties to throw up an IDE error.

Mimimal Code Sample

In my `vendor/_laravel_ide/_model_helpers.php` file, all my models have this PHPDoc attribute:

* @method static \stdClass|null find(int|string $id, string|\Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Query\Expression|(string|\Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Query\Expression)[] $columns)

which is causing VSCode to treat `$model = SomeModel::find(1);` as a stdClass object.

[N1ebieski]

Hi @craigrileyuk, hmm... Laravel has exactly this type of return for the find method: https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/12.x/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php#L3292

I know this is inconvenient, but I’m not sure if this might be a VS Code plugin bug.

[pkuiper]

Hi @N1ebieski, you link the find method in \Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder not in Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder:
https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/12.x/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php#L560

[pkuiper]

It is is not only the find method, it is also get and cursor methods.
They all return the return type of \Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder instead of Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder.