User::find(pk) searches by primary key. I believe you should use $user=User::where('username',$username)->first();

mnshankar said:

User::find(pk) searches by primary key. I believe you should use $user=User::where('username',$username)->first();

still return NULL

Try this:

$user = User::whereUsername($username)->first();

anatoliyarkhipov said:

Try this:

$user = User::whereUsername($username)->first();

still : "Trying to get property of non-object" ... However now I dont get Null when I dumb $user

What do you get when you dd($username)? Are you sure the username is getting passed to your method?

OK now I get it .. the problem was that I had no profile for the users I try to reach for their account thanks to all