Convert laravel object to array

Question

Laravel output:

Array
(
    [0] = stdClass Object
    (
        [ID] = 5

    )

    [1] = stdClass Object
    (
        [ID] = 4

    )

)

Answer 1

I suggest you simply do this within your method

public function MyAwesomeMethod($returnQueryAs = null)
{
    $tablename = 'YourAwesomeTable';

    if($returnQueryAs == 'array')
    {
        DB::connection()->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
    }

    return DB::table($tablename)->get();
}

With this all you need is to pass the string 'array' as your argument and Voila! An Associative array is returned.