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Laravel models sometimes convert Carbon objects and cannot use objects of type Carbon\Carbon as array errors

<p>I'm doing some string manipulation to do time zone conversions from an old codebase. </p> <p>I need to put <code>T</code> between date and time, I am using the following logic to do this. </p> <pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false;">$check_in= $model->checkin_date_time; // 2022-12-12 22:22:22 $check_in[10] = 'T'; // 2022-12-12T22:22:22</pre> <p>For some strange reason I'm getting this error. </p> <pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false;">Cannot use object of type Carbon\Carbon as array</pre> <p>But this is not always the case. Only 1-2 errors per 2000 - 3000 requests. </p> <p>I'm using Carbon elsewhere (even in other parts of the same function) but without any conversion of the <code>$model</code> property of the <code>checkin_date_time</code> </p> <p>I'm not sure why <code>$model->checkin_date_time</code> is converted to a Carbon object. </p>
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    P粉0116843262023-08-31 09:37:41

    $model->checkin_date_time is not "2022-12-12 22:22:22" It is a Carbon (subclass of DateTime) object. When you try to convert it to a string (using echo, any kind of display, or inject it into another string, it will automatically be formatted as Y-m-d h:i:s

    If you want to output in other formats, please use ->format() method:

    $check_in = $model->checkin_date_time->format('Y-m-d\Th:i:s');
    

    Regardless, using offsets ($check_in[10] = syntax) to modify letters in a string is really a bad idea, and this micro-optimization is not worth it.

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