Laravel make array and use strtolower - php

Question

I have data like this:
array:1 [
0 => "No Brand,ddfg"
]
First of all this data is wrong, what I want is to have something like this:
array:2 [
0 => "No Brand"
1 => "ddfg"
]
So now its really an array :)
Then I need my array data transform to lower case like:
array:2 [
0 => "no brand"
1 => "ddfg"
]
Code
$sibarBrandsArray = SidebarManager::first()->pluck('brands')->toArray();
This return data like:
array:1 [
0 => "No Brand,ddfg"
]
And this is how my data looks like in database:
Any idea?

Answer 1

Solved
// get my table row
$sibarBrandsArray = SidebarManager::first();
// get my row column
$getBrandColumn = $sibarBrandsArray->brands;
// separate data in that column with comma
$separateBrands = explode(',', $getBrandColumn);
// lowercase each separated data
$brandsArray = array_map('strtolower', $separateBrands);
// dump the result
dd($brandsArray);
Result
array:2 [
0 => "no brand"
1 => "ddfg"
]

Answer 2

Laravel has a very efficient and easy way to work with arrays. It's called a collection. Click here to learn more. Don't convert your response to the array, use collection directly.
$sibarBrandsCollection = SidebarManager::first()->pluck('brands');
Laravel eloquent by default gives you collection instance when you get a response. so pluck in above call is nothing but calling pluck on collection instance. We can chain method to the collection and do manipulation as needed.
$sibarBrandsCollection = $sibarBrandsCollection->map(function ($name) {
return strtolower($name);
});
Above code will automatically convert all of your values to lowercase. Similarly, you can explode the value to get your intended result. At last, if you have to send data as array to the browser just add toArray() method at the end of your collection.
I would not use core PHP array function unless needed, Laravel collection is great way to work with arrays.

Answer 3

$yourArray = array_map('strtolower', $yourArray);
$yourArray = array_map('nestedLowercase', $yourArray);
function nestedLowercase($value) {
if (is_array($value)) {
return array_map('nestedLowercase', $value);
}
return strtolower($value);
}
or you can use:
$query->whereRaw('LOWER(`newsTitle`) LIKE ? ',[trim(strtolower($newsTitle)).'%']);