Creating Array of data in laravel controller

Question

$document = new Document();
$document->title = $request['title'];
$document->description = $request['description'];

When i try to output the above code using echo $document; i get this result:

{"title":"asdfasdf","description":"asdfasdfsadf"}

What i want is to create my own array of data and output the same format. This is the code i am trying to experiment but it does not work:

    $data = array(
      "title" => "hello",
      "description" => "test test test"
    );

    echo $data;

Any Help would be appreciated. Thanks.

it worked but when i tried using the dd($document) the array is wrapped inside the Document model. I also want to wrap the array that i created inside the Document model. Thanks. — Ronald Torres
– Ronald Torres, Commented Mar 21, 2018 at 5:55

Eazy Sam · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-21 06:16:36Z

6

All collections also serve as iterators, allowing you to loop over them as if they were simple PHP arrays:

foreach ($document as $data) {
    echo $data->title;
    echo $data->description;
}

There is no difference while using a PHP framework. You may refer the official PHP Arrays Manual page to work with the language construct.

If you need to convert JSON to array, use:

$data->toArray();

OR

json_decode($data);

Here is your code:

$data = array(
  "title" => "hello",
  "description" => "test test test"
);

// may also declare

$data = ["title" => "hello", "description" => "test test test"];

Use:

var_dump($data);

OR

print_r($data);

// and the output will be

["title" => "hello", "description" => "test test test",]

answered Mar 21, 2018 at 6:16

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Edu Gouveia · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-31 13:43:22Z

foreach is also possible to traverse other structures and not just arrays:

List item
Properties of any type of object
Classes that extend or implement iterator in PHP Functions and methods that use generators in PHP

As we can see in the example below, the use of foreach to traverse the properties of the Local class object:

class Local {
    public string $country;
    public string $state;
    public string $city;
    public int $zipCode;

    public function __construct(string $country, string $state, string $city, int $zipCode) {
        $this->country = $country;
        $this->state = $state;
        $this->city = $city;
        $this->zipCode = $zipCode;
    }
}

$eduGouveia = new Local("Brasil", "São Paulo", "São Paulo", 2996180);

foreach ($eduGouveia as $property => $value) {
    echo $property . " - " . $value . PHP_EOL;
}

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