Attribute Scope - methods can no longer be called statically on the model

[jackbayliss]

Laravel Version

12.8.1

PHP Version

8.4.2

Database Driver & Version

No response

Description

Previously, we were able to call scope methods statically (basic example):

public function scopeActive(Builder $query): Builder { 
    return $query->whereNotNull('active');
} 

We could call:

User::active()->get();

If we change this to using the Scope Attribute, this no longer works:

#[Scope]
public function active(Builder $query): Builder { 
    return $query->whereNotNull('active');
} 

User::active()->get(); 
// Non-static method App\Models\User::active() cannot be called statically

The fix for this is using query() so:

User::query()->active()->get(); 

I guess I opened this issue because I found it strange as I was expecting it to work the same, also the documentation suggests it to work fine

I understand why it's doing it, ie because __callStatic isn't actually getting called because the method actually exists, but opened this for visibility / a point of discussion as ideally it would be nice for it to work as it did before 🤷🏻

Steps To Reproduce

• Create a model
• Create a method using the scope attribute
• Try to call the method statically on the model
• Witness an error

[shaedrich]

This has been reported via #54450 (comment) and should be resolved as per #55246 in b8f7003 since v12.6.0

[jackbayliss]

@shaedrich Thanks for the quick response 🚀 - but, this is occurring in 12.8.1 for me. Am I missing something?

[MrPunyapal]

I missing somethi

define method as Protected and it will work.

[jackbayliss]

@MrPunyapal Duh, nice one!

[decadence]

This still fails if you create query from Model class which has access to protected method:

class Company extends Model
{
    protected $table = "companies";

    public static function getPremiumCompanies()
    {
        return Company::ofType("premium")
            ->orderBy("name", "ASC")
            ->get();
    }

    #[Scope]
    protected function ofType(Builder $query, string $code)
    {
        return $query->whereRelation("type", "code", $code);
    }
}

// Non-static method App\Models\Company::ofType() cannot be called statically
Company::getPremiumCompanies();

[shaedrich]

Not sure if that can even be fixed. But you can use ::query() in the meantime.