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Paul Preibisch
Paul Preibisch

Reputation: 4332

How to save values outside of a Laravel each loop

I am not fully understanding Laravel Collections. I need to know how save external values while iterating through a Lavavel Collection using the each(function(n){})

For example:

static public myFunction($laravelCollection) ={
   $arr=[];
    $laravelCollection->each(function($a){
    $arr[]=$a
   });
   return $arr
}

...
$exampleArr = SomeClass::myFunction($aCollection);
var_dump($exampleArr);
//desired results:  the var_dump of the collection

It seams that $arr inside of the each function is local to the function. How can I accomplish the above? I realize that if it was NOT a static function, I could simply use a $this->arr instead, but I need to do the above using a static function.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 136

Answers (1)

Digvijay
Digvijay

Reputation: 8947

Modifying a variable inside a laravel collection, you will have to use use() method with reference &.

$arr = [];
$laravelCollection->each(function($a) use(&$arr) {
    $arr[] = $a;
});

Or even better, since you are simply converting your collection into an array:

$arr = $laravelCollection->toArray();

Check out the collection docs.

Upvotes: 3

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