Laravel Foreach From Array - php

Question

Here is the print_r of my object;
Array
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[country] => Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection Object
(
[items:protected] => Array
(
[0] => App\Models\Location Object
(
[connection:protected] =>
[table:protected] =>
[primaryKey:protected] => id
[perPage:protected] => 15
[incrementing] => 1
[timestamps] => 1
[attributes:protected] => Array
(
[country] => Scotland
)
[original:protected] => Array
(
[country] => Scotland
)
[relations:protected] => Array
(
)
[hidden:protected] => Array
(
)
[visible:protected] => Array
(
)
[appends:protected] => Array
(
)
[fillable:protected] => Array
(
)
[guarded:protected] => Array
(
[0] => *
)
[dates:protected] => Array
(
)
[casts:protected] => Array
(
)
[touches:protected] => Array
(
)
[observables:protected] => Array
(
)
[with:protected] => Array
(
)
[morphClass:protected] =>
[exists] => 1
)
[1] => App\Models\Location Object
(
[connection:protected] =>
[table:protected] =>
[primaryKey:protected] => id
[perPage:protected] => 15
[incrementing] => 1
[timestamps] => 1
[attributes:protected] => Array
(
[country] => England
)
[original:protected] => Array
(
[country] => England
)
[relations:protected] => Array
(
)
[hidden:protected] => Array
(
)
[visible:protected] => Array
(
)
[appends:protected] => Array
(
)
[fillable:protected] => Array
(
)
[guarded:protected] => Array
(
[0] => *
)
[dates:protected] => Array
(
)
[casts:protected] => Array
(
)
[touches:protected] => Array
(
)
[observables:protected] => Array
(
)
[with:protected] => Array
(
)
[morphClass:protected] =>
[exists] => 1
)
[2] => App\Models\Location Object
(
[connection:protected] =>
[table:protected] =>
[primaryKey:protected] => id
[perPage:protected] => 15
[incrementing] => 1
[timestamps] => 1
[attributes:protected] => Array
(
[country] => Wales
)
[original:protected] => Array
(
[country] => Wales
)
[relations:protected] => Array
(
)
[hidden:protected] => Array
(
)
[visible:protected] => Array
(
)
[appends:protected] => Array
(
)
[fillable:protected] => Array
(
)
[guarded:protected] => Array
(
[0] => *
)
[dates:protected] => Array
(
)
[casts:protected] => Array
(
)
[touches:protected] => Array
(
)
[observables:protected] => Array
(
)
[with:protected] => Array
(
)
[morphClass:protected] =>
[exists] => 1
)
[3] => App\Models\Location Object
(
[connection:protected] =>
[table:protected] =>
[primaryKey:protected] => id
[perPage:protected] => 15
[incrementing] => 1
[timestamps] => 1
[attributes:protected] => Array
(
[country] =>
)
[original:protected] => Array
(
[country] =>
)
[relations:protected] => Array
(
)
[hidden:protected] => Array
(
)
[visible:protected] => Array
(
)
[appends:protected] => Array
(
)
[fillable:protected] => Array
(
)
[guarded:protected] => Array
(
[0] => *
)
[dates:protected] => Array
(
)
[casts:protected] => Array
(
)
[touches:protected] => Array
(
)
[observables:protected] => Array
(
)
[with:protected] => Array
(
)
[morphClass:protected] =>
[exists] => 1
)
)
)
)
I want a foreach loop to print out the three countries in the country array - (England, Wales, Scotland).
I have tried loops such as;
#foreach ($locations['country'] as $country)
{{ $country }}
#endforeach
I have tried other variations of this but to no avail. What is the correct syntax? Also, can someone explain how I can interpret this so I can better understand foreach with arrays in future? I normally just end up guessing until I get the right result - but for a change I'd like to actually know how to put one together if that makes sense..
I am using Laravel if it helps...

Answer 1

What you're looping over isn't an array. It's a Laravel Collection. However it behaves like an array so it doesn't really matter. The loop itself actually looks correct. But instead of just outputting $country you have to actually access the attribute on $country called country:
#foreach($locations['country'] as $location)
{{ $location->country }}
#endforeach
In general a foreach loop goes over every item in an array or collection and put's that item into the variable you define after as. Maybe this explanation helps too.
As a little extra: Laravel has a nice lists() function which builds an array out of an attribute from every model in a collection.
$countries = $locations['country']->lists('country');
Would result in something like:
['England', 'Wales', 'Scotland']
And you could then use functions like implode() to generate a comma separated list:
implode(', ', $countries); // returns 'England, Wales, Scotland'