Laravel belongsToMany not returning the related data

Question

I have the following relationship bellow the question.
This is the data I have in the database:

ID page_id app_id 96 1 2 97 1 3 98 1 6 99 1 7

this will return the page, but NOT the related apps

 $page = App\Page::find(1)->first();
 print_r($page->apps);// this has no results

this is the class maps, I have 2 combinations inside where you see "also not working":

class Page extends Model
{
    protected $table = "pages";
    //protected $appends = array('apps');//also not working
    protected $with = array('apps');//


    public function apps(){
        return $this->belongsToMany('App\App','page_apps','page_id','app_id')->withPivot('page_id');

      //return $this->belongsToMany('App\App','page_apps','page_id','app_id');//also not working
    }

    public function getAppsAttribute($value){
        return $value;
    }
}


class App extends Model
{
    protected $table = "apps";
    public $timestamps = true;
}


class PageApps extends Model
{
    protected $table = "page_apps";
    public $timestamps = true;
}

Answer 1

Remove this function, it overrides the ->apps for page

public function getAppsAttribute($value){
    return $value;
}