Laravel - htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given

It looks like you are trying to use the htmlspecialchars() function in Laravel and are encountering an error that says "htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given". This error is occurring because htmlspecialchars() function expects a string as its first argument, but it is being given an object instead.

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There are a few different things you can try to resolve this issue. Here are a few possibilities:

1. Make sure you are passing a string to htmlspecialchars(). If you are passing an object or an array, you will need to convert it to a string before passing it to the function.

2. Make sure that the object you are passing to htmlspecialchars() has a __toString() method defined. If the object does not have this method defined, it will not be able to be converted to a string, and you will see this error.

3. If you are using Laravel's Blade templating engine, you may be able to use the e directive to escape the output automatically. For example: {{ $variable }} will output the contents of $variable without escaping, while {{{ $variable }}} will escape the output.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions or if there is anything else I can do to help.