Question

When fetching all rows from an Eloquent Model :

$pin = Pin::all();

I get an array that looks like:

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  object(Pin)#36 (5) {
    ["attributes"]=>
    array(9) {
      ["id"]=>
      string(1) "2"
      ["creator"]=>
      string(1) "1"
    ["original"]=>
    array(9) {
      ["id"]=>
      string(1) "2"
      ["creator"]=>
      string(1) "1"
    }
    ["relationships"]=>
    array(0) {
    }
    ["exists"]=>
    bool(true)
    ["includes"]=>
    array(0) {
    }
  }
}

As when I use Fluent instead:

$pin = DB::table('pins')->get();

I get as a plain array without the “Attribute”, “Orginial”, “realtionships” .. indexes.

How can I use Eloquent so that it returns a Plain Array like FLuent does?

Answer 1

Its very simple.

$pins = Pin::get();
foreach($pins as $p){
 $pin[] = $p->to_array();
}

or if you want to send out JSON object, try using

$pins = Pin::all();
return Response::eloquent($pins);

or if you have an Array to be converted to json output than use

return Response::json(array('name' => 'Batman'));