Перестала работать выборка фото с базы данных при выборе автора

<div> 
@if(strlen($row->article_image) > 0) 
<img src="/article_photo/{{$row->article_image}}" width="150" height="150" id="article_image"> 
@else 
<img src="/css/image/no_photo.png" width="150" height="150" id="article_image"> 
@endif 
</div>

@if($auth_user->role_id == 1) 
<div class="left-block"> 
<p>Автор</p> 
</div> 
<div class="right-block"> 
<? 
$user_list = Users::where("role_id","!=",1)->get(); 
if($row['user_id'] < 1){ 
$row['user_id'] = 7; 
} 
?> 
<select name="user_id"> 
<option value="0">Выберите автора</option> 
@if(count($user_list) > 0) 
@foreach($user_list as $key => $user_item) 
<option value="{{$user_item->user_id}}" @if($user_item->user_id == $row->user_id) selected @endif >{{$user_item['fname']}} {{$user_item['lname']}}</option> 
@endforeach 
@endif 
</select> 
</div> 
<div class="clearfloat"></div> 
@endif