Laravel Collections Using Array Syntax
Example
The Collection object implements the ArrayAccess and IteratorAggregate interface, allowing it to be used like an array.
Access collection element:
$collection = collect([1, 2, 3]);
$result = $collection[1];
Result: 2
Assign new element:
$collection = collect([1, 2, 3]);
$collection[] = 4;
Result: $collection is [1, 2, 3, 4]
Loop collection:
$collection = collect(["a" => "one", "b" => "two"]);
$result = "";
foreach($collection as $key => $value){
$result .= "(".$key.": ".$value.") ";
}
Result: $result is (a: one) (b: two)
Array to Collection conversion:
To convert a collection to a native PHP array, use:
$array = $collection->all();
//or
$array = $collection->toArray()
To convert an array into a collection, use:
$collection = collect($array);
Using Collections with Array Functions
Please be aware that collections are normal objects which won't be converted properly when used by functions explicitly requiring arrays, like array_map($callback).
Be sure to convert the collection first, or, if available, use the method provided by the Collection class instead: $collection->map($callback)
