Laravel Collection to Array Tutorial and Example

Laravel collection to array (toArray method) will able us to convert into a plain PHP array for some reason we need to use this in any scenario so that we can access the record through an array.

 

In this tutorial, I will show you several examples of the Laravel collection to an array.

 

Laravel Collection toArray() Example #1:

public function index() { $collection = collect(['first_name' => 'Jose', 'last_name' => 'Dela Cruz', 'age' => 20]); print_r($collection->toArray());die; } /* Result. Array ( [first_name] => Jose [last_name] => Dela Cruz [age] => 20 ) */

 

As you can see we call the method toArray() so that it will return the array we want.

 

 

Laravel Collection toArray() Example #2:

public function index() { $collection = collect([ 'first_name' => 'Jose', 'last_name' => 'Dela Cruz', 'age' => 20, 'products' => [ [ 'id' => 1, 'name' => 'Product 1', 'description' => 'Product 1 description.', 'price' => 12.99 ], [ 'id' => 2, 'name' => 'Product 2', 'description' => 'Product 2 description.', 'price' => 24.99 ] ] ]); print_r($collection->toArray());die; }

The above example is with the multi-dimensional array.

 

 

Laravel Collection toArray() Example #3:

public function index() { $users = User::all(); print_r($users->toArray());die; }

In the above example, we convert the eloquent model result to an array.

public function index() { $user = User::find(1); $items = $user->items()->get(); print_r($items->toArray());die; }

Another example is if you want to convert the eloquent model result from the relationship to array.