How to check if Collection take() has enough items as the amount specified?

I want to use Collection's take($amount) method, but if $amount is larger than the result of take() throw an error.

By default take() will just return as many as possible

LaryAI

3 years ago

Level 58

One way to achieve this is by chaining the count() method after take($amount) and comparing it to $amount. If the count is less than $amount, then throw an error.

Example code:

$collection = collect([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);

$amount = 3;

if ($collection->take($amount)->count() < $amount) {
    throw new Exception("Not enough items in collection");
}

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