Handling data from model::all()

I am struggling to understand how to handle data requests with Lumen. I have used Laravel a bit so just getting caught up on a couple of small differences.

When I call

ad_campaigns = FbAdCampaign::all(); 

    echo "<pre>";
        print_r($ad_campaigns);
        echo "</pre>";
        die;

I get weird output that has a lot of useless info (I assume you have seen this before) I notice that if I use

return ad_campaigns;

then I get json returned and understand that is a lumen thing but what if I want an array returned from ad_campaigns = FbAdCampaign::all();

I want an array so I can use array_diff() function and manipulate the data.

thomaskim

10 years ago

Best Answer

Level 41

@stretch0 That's not strictly a Lumen thing. When you return the results of Eloquent queries, they are automatically converted JSON in Laravel as well.

As for returning an array, have you tried this?

return $ad_campaigns->toArray();

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