From 32d43034bde7e4fe6825b76b12ce7756aadc5677 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Godfrey M <godmartinz@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:47:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add a null check for items and threshold in inventory alert
 notification

---
 app/Notifications/InventoryAlert.php | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/Notifications/InventoryAlert.php b/app/Notifications/InventoryAlert.php
index 6d59e3b42a..a4c27ab902 100644
--- a/app/Notifications/InventoryAlert.php
+++ b/app/Notifications/InventoryAlert.php
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace App\Notifications;
 
+use AllowDynamicProperties;
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\MailMessage;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;
 
+#[AllowDynamicProperties]
 class InventoryAlert extends Notification
 {
     use Queueable;
@@ -32,9 +34,8 @@ class InventoryAlert extends Notification
      */
     public function via()
     {
-        $notifyBy = ['mail'];
+       return (!empty($this->items) && $this->threshold !== null) ? ['mail'] : [];
 
-        return $notifyBy;
     }
 
     /**