Laravel按键获取数组元素

Question

I have array of objects users. Entity User has two fields: firstName and lastName; In my controller I add all users to the some array which called employees.

$employees = array();
foreach($users as $user) {
    $employees[] = $user->firstName;
}

How can i get on the view element of array by firstName.

I tried like this:

$employees['John'] but it doesn't work

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

The way that you are doing it you are just appending a string to an array. The keys of the array will be integers starting from 0.

To get the user first name as the index, set the Key of the $employees array to be the $user->firstName, then in that position store the object of the $user. Here is the code fixed:

$employees = array();
foreach($users as $user) {
    $employees[$user->firstName] = $user;
}

After that you should be able to do $employees['John'].

Remember that to be able to use the array in the View you must pass the array to the view. Ex: In your controller method you should have something like this:

return View::make('nameOfFile')->with('employees', $employees);