Returning an Eloquent model as JSON in Laravel 4
Solution 1
The actual data sent is the same, however...
#1 Sends Content-Type:application/json
to the browser
#2 Sends Content-Type:text/html
#1 is more correct but it depends on your Javascript, see: What is the correct JSON content type?
However, it is much simpler to just return the model. It is automagically returned as JSON and the Content-Type is set correctly:
return $model;
Solution 2
Response::json($someArray)
is a generic way to return JSON data.
return $model->toJson()
is specific to returning a model as JSON. This would be my preferred approach when working with an Eloquent model.
Solution 3
In #1 you first convert your Eloquent to an array, and then you convert it to JSON, which seems a bit redundant.
With that in mind, I'd go with #2 if you're returning the JSON to the caller.
Also note that, in L4, whenever an Eloquent model is cast to a string it will be automatically converted to JSON. Hence, you can do like in this example from the documentation to return JSON data directly from your route:
Route::get('users', function()
{
return User::all();
});
For more information, see http://four.laravel.com/docs/eloquent#converting-to-arrays-or-json
Solution 4
this solved my problem in laravel 5.5:
function allUsers()
{
$users = \App\User::all();
$usersJson = json_encode($users);
return $usersJson;
}
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Updated on September 20, 2020Comments
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Nyxynyx over 3 years
How do you return an Eloquent model to the browser as JSON? What is the difference between the two methods below? Both seems to work.
#1:
return Response::json($user->toArray());
#2:
return $user->toJson();
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uruapanmexicansong over 6 yearsThis appears with me:
The Response content must be a string or object implementing __toString(), "boolean" given.