从集合中删除行更改集合的类型

Question

I have a two collections. First one is a big collection. Another one is remove list. For example:

$data= List::where('status', true)->get();

$list= List::where('begin_at', '<', Carbon::now())->pluck('id');

$result = $data->whereNotIn('id', $list);

This is just a simple example. I have a dynamic data. My question is:

When i return $data , it returns [{}, {}, ...] format

But when i return $result , it returns {}, {}, ...

I tried to $result->toArray() , $result->toCollapse() but none of them is worked.

Why after the get() , using where condition changing the type of the collection? Why array symbols gone? What is the best practices in here to solution? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Use all() on the collection to get it as an array with the Eloquent models intact. If you use toArray() instead, it will convert everything to an plain PHP array.

$data->whereNotIn('id', $list)->all();

See docs here

Calling get() on a model will create a collection, and the collection upon creation will call all() on itself. So after modifying the collection you will need to call all() yourself to the the same "format" as from get() .