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.