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Laravel grouped collection returns object instead of array

I have the following query

$outings = Outing::all()->groupBy(function ($item) {
   return Carbon::parse($item['start'])->format('m/d/Y');
});

return response()->json([
    'outings' => $outings
], 200);

The response is returning an object and I need it to return an array As you can see, outings is an object and not an array

How can I get outings to be an array instead of an object.

If I don't group the collection and just do 

Outing::all();

It will return an array rather than an object. The Group by is doing something weird.

If I DD($outings) it does in fact return a collection, so I think it's odd that it gets cast to an object when returned to the browser rather than an array.

Below is the output when I DD($outings->toArray())

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Thanks

Solution

  • If you want array then use this

    $outings = Outing::all()->groupBy(function ($item) {
   return Carbon::parse($item['start'])->format('m/d/Y');
})->map(function($item){
    return $item->all();
});

return response()->json($outings, 200);

    If you want date as key then

    $outings = Outing::all()->groupBy(function ($item) {
   return Carbon::parse($item['start'])->format('m/d/Y');
});

return response()->json($outings->toArray(), 200);