DB query builder toArray() laravel 4

Question

I\'m trying to convert a query to an array with the method toArray() but it doesn\'t work for the query builder. Any ideas for convert it?

Example

Answer 1

If you prefer to use Query Builder instead of Eloquent here is the solutions

$result = DB::table('user')->where('name',=,'Jhon')->get();

First Solution

$array = (array) $result;

Second Solution

$array = get_object_vars($result);

Third Solution

$array = json_decode(json_encode($result), true);

hope it may help