简化Laravel模型查询的输出

Question

Suppose I run the following and need to know the results in an easy to examine format:

$orders = Order::where('status', $value);

How would I show something that doesn't display the entire model object, only the records retrieved, when I do dd($orders)?

Answer 1

You may try this:

$orders = Order::where('status', $value)->get();
dd($orders->toArray()); // Outputs only an array of records retrieved from db

There is also toJson() to convert into json string but it's possible to get json representation of the data by returning it from the controller/function, for example:

return Order::where('status', $value)->get(); // Output will be in json format