The issue is that the filter() method does not rekey the underlying collection array. So, the Collection is still representing an array, it is just that your array looks like this: [ 4 => Object4, 7 => Object7, ] While this is a perfectly valid array in PHP, this is not a proper array in … Read more
You could add a raw query and do something like this: Model::orderBy(DB::raw(‘LENGTH(text), text’)); Or, in modern versions of Laravel: Model::orderByRaw(‘LENGTH(text), text’);
You can use Laravel’s pluck method as: $sellers = Seller::with(‘user’)->get()->pluck(‘user.first_name’, ‘id’)
The merge method returns the merged collection, it doesn’t mutate the original collection, thus you need to do the following $original = new Collection([‘foo’]); $latest = new Collection([‘bar’]); $merged = $original->merge($latest); // Contains foo and bar. Applying the example to your code $related = new Collection(); foreach ($question->tags as $tag) { $related = $related->merge($tag->questions); }
When using ->get() you cannot simply use any of the below: if (empty($result)) { } if (!$result) { } if ($result) { } Because if you dd($result); you’ll notice an instance of Illuminate\Support\Collection is always returned, even when there are no results. Essentially what you’re checking is $a = new stdClass; if ($a) { … … Read more