Level 88
That is how collections work at the moment and it's just a presentation of the data. However when you access the data you will never see the all key at all!
Mar 19, 2018
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Level 2
What is the purpose of the `all` key in an eloquent get query
Say I have the following query Bed::where('user_id', 1)->get()
all: [
App\Bed {#796
id: 1,
user_id: 1,
name: "sgdffd",
gender: "male",
type: "single",
status: "available",
created_at: "2018-03-19 07:53:51",
updated_at: "2018-03-19 07:53:51",
},
],
whats the point of the all key wouldn't it be simpler to just return an array of model data?
[
App\Bed {#796
id: 1,
user_id: 1,
name: "sgdffd",
gender: "male",
type: "single",
status: "available",
created_at: "2018-03-19 07:53:51",
updated_at: "2018-03-19 07:53:51",
},
],
Level 2
But what happens if I were to return that data straight away back tothe user say return Bed::where('user_id', 1)->get() wouldn't that all key end up in the returned data?
Level 15
just do it and see what you get :)
Laravel turns it into json and returns it
you can do the same by calling ->toJson() or ->toArray() on the collection
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Level 88
Yeah, Laravel will automatically convert it to the right format. So for your views to an array and for api responses to json using that array.
Let me know if you have more questions!
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