Retrieving a cast array in Laravel 5.5? - php

Question

Hi I think I'm misunderstanding casts? Basically I am trying to display an already stored array back to my view and its not working, i have already stored the arrays and im just trying to retrieve them into plain text
I have a table:
> Games
>>id |
>>name |
>>mode
MyController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Game;
use App\Mode;
class MyController extends Controller
{
public function gameView($id)
{
$game = Game::find($id);
return view('admin.game.view', ['game' => $game]);
}
}
My model Game.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Game extends Model
{
protected $casts = [
'mode' => 'array',
];
public function modes()
{
return $this->hasMany(Mode::class);
}
}
Finally my View view.blade.php
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
<div class="panel panel-default">
<div class="panel-heading">View User's Teams & Manage</div>
<div class="panel-body">
<ul>
<li>{{$game->name}}</li>
<li>{{$game->mode}}</li>
<li>{{$game->size}}</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
#endsection

Answer 1

There are so many ways of printing an array, however, the simplest method is using the foreach loop.
#foreach ($game->mode as $mode)
<span>{{ $mode }}</span>
#endforeach
Or you can do something like {{ implode(", ", $game->mode) }} depending on your preference.

Answer 2

You are displaying the array like a string and there is the problem so you need to loop for the array of mode.
#for($i=0;$i<count($game->mode);$i++){ // here you print your result }