How to Convert JSON to Collection in Laravel?

In this post, i will show you how to convert json to collection in laravel. i will give you very simple controller code for laravel convert json to collection.

In this example, i will create simple controller method and take json variable. Then i will convert json to collection using "collect()" and json_decode() method. so, let's see the simple example with output code:

Example:

You can see the following controller code:

app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
  
class HomeController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function index()
    {
        /* Your JSON string */
        $jsonString = '{
            "name": "Hardik Savani",
            "age": 30,
            "city": "Rajkot"
        }';
  
        /* Convert JSON string to a collection */
        $dataCollection = collect(json_decode($jsonString, true));
  
        dd($dataCollection);
    }
}

Output:

Illuminate\Support\Collection {#1881 ▼
  #items: array:3 [▼
    "name" => "Hardik Savani"
    "age" => 30
    "city" => "Rajkot"
  ]
}

I hope it can help you...