How to display array data from MySql in laravel - php

Question

So I a Manifest where you can add multiple customers, produce etc and it saves in the DB as an array
Now I'm making a page where you can view all the manifest info I want it to look something like this
if I try to do something like this {{ $manifest->customer_name }} i get a error htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given because it's an array I'm only having trouble with displaying the array data
Controller Code to get the correct manifest
public function view($id) {
$manifests = Manifest::where('id', $id)->where('user_id', Auth::user()->id)->firstOrFail();
return view('users.manifest.view', compact('manifests'));
}
view - usually I would just put {{ $manifets->customer_name }} but i can't because it an array
<table class="table table-striped">
<thead>
<tr>
<th width="15%">Customer</th>
<th width="15%">Produce</th>
<th width="15%">Task</th>
<th width="15%">Units</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="text" class="form-control" value="{{ $manifests->customer_name }}" />
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
print_r
App\Manifest Object
(
[table:protected] => manifest
[fillable:protected] => Array
(
[0] => user_id
[1] => date
[2] => driver_name
[3] => truck_number
[4] => run_number
[5] => customer_name
[6] => produce
[7] => task
[8] => units
)
[casts:protected] => Array
(
[customer_name] => array
[produce] => array
[task] => array
[units] => array
)
[connection:protected] => mysql
[primaryKey:protected] => id
[keyType:protected] => int
[incrementing] => 1
[with:protected] => Array
(
)
[withCount:protected] => Array
(
)
[perPage:protected] => 15
[exists] => 1
[wasRecentlyCreated] =>
[attributes:protected] => Array
(
[id] => 8
[user_id] => 1
[date] => 2017-11-02
[driver_name] => Harry Oberlander
[truck_number] => 7989
[run_number] => 8
[customer_name] => ["evergreen","Surplus"]
[produce] => ["Apples","Meat"]
[task] => ["Pick Up","Delivery"]
[units] => ["3 skids","1"]
[created_at] => 2017-11-02 04:49:49
[updated_at] => 2017-11-02 04:49:49
)
[original:protected] => Array
(
[id] => 8
[user_id] => 1
[date] => 2017-11-02
[driver_name] => Harry Oberlander
[truck_number] => 7989
[run_number] => 8
[customer_name] => ["evergreen","Surplus"]
[produce] => ["Apples","Meat"]
[task] => ["Pick Up","Delivery"]
[units] => ["3 skids","1"]
[created_at] => 2017-11-02 04:49:49
[updated_at] => 2017-11-02 04:49:49
)
[dates:protected] => Array
(
)
[dateFormat:protected] =>
[appends:protected] => Array
(
)
[events:protected] => Array
(
)
[observables:protected] => Array
(
)
[relations:protected] => Array
(
)
[touches:protected] => Array
(
)
[timestamps] => 1
[hidden:protected] => Array
(
)
[visible:protected] => Array
(
)
[guarded:protected] => Array
(
[0] => *
)
)
here is the updated code
#foreach($manifests as $manifest)
<tr>
<td>
<input type="text" class="form-control" value="{{ $manifest['customer_name'] }}" />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" class="form-control" value="{{ $manifest['produce'] }}" />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" class="form-control" value="{{ $manifest['task'] }}" />
</td>
</tr>
#endforeach

Answer 1

The problem is that you are storing array (which is an object in PHP) in database.
This makes a form unrecognisable when you retrieve back the data.
You should serialise the array before storing it to database. It will save the data as a kind of JSON string.
serialize($array_var_name);
Further to get the array back you can use
unserialize($data_var);
Now you can use the array as usual array

Answer 2

You can do something like this:
#foreach($manifets as $manifestos)
#for ($counter = 0; $counter < sizeof($manifestos['customer_name']); $counter++)
<tr>
<td>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="nameoffield" value="{{ $manifestos['customer_name'][$counter] }}" />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="nameoffield" value="{{ $manifestos['otherfields'][$counter]}}" />
</td>
//more td here depending on the fields you want to display
</tr>
#endfor
#endforeach