UserController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Employer\Dashboard;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

use App\Models\User;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
  public function getUser($id) {
    $user = User::find($id);
    $user->first_name; // The accessor has to be "accessed" for the function to work.
    $user->phone_number; // This would create this property and do the concatenation.
    return response(['data' => $user], 200);
  }
}