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A set of useful Laravel collection macros

This repository contains some useful collection macros.

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Installation

You can pull in the package via composer:

The package will automatically register itself.

Macros

• after
• at
  • second
  • third
  • fourth
  • fifth
  • sixth
  • seventh
  • eighth
  • ninth
  • tenth
  • getNth
• before
• catch
• chunkBy
• collectBy
• containsAny
• containsAll
• eachCons
• extract
• filterMap
• firstOrFail
• firstOrPush
• fromPairs
• getCaseInsensitive
• glob
• groupByModel
• hasCaseInsensitive
• head
• if
• ifAny
• ifEmpty
• insertAfter
• insertAfterKey
• insertAt
• insertBefore
• insertBeforeKey
• none
• paginate
• path
• pluckMany
• pluckManyValues
• pluckToArray
• prioritize
• recursive
• rotate
• sectionBy
• simplePaginate
• sliceBefore
• tail
• try
• toPairs
• transpose
• validate
• weightedRandom
• withSize

after

Get the next item from the collection.

You can also pass a second parameter to be used as a fallback.

at

Retrieve an item at an index.

second

Retrieve item at the second index.

third

Retrieve item at the third index.

fourth

Retrieve item at the fourth index.

fifth

Retrieve item at the fifth index.

sixth

Retrieve item at the sixth index.

seventh

Retrieve item at the seventh index.

eighth

Retrieve item at the eighth index.

ninth

Retrieve item at the ninth index.

tenth

Retrieve item at the tenth index.

getNth

Retrieve item at the nth item.

before

Get the previous item from the collection.

You can also pass a second parameter to be used as a fallback.

catch

See Try

chunkBy

Chunks the values from a collection into groups as long the given callback is true. If the optional parameter $preserveKeys as true is passed, it will preserve the original keys.

collectBy

Get an item at a given key, and collect it.

You can also pass a second parameter to be used as a fallback.

containsAny

Will return true if one or more of the given values exist in the collection.

containsAll

Will return true if all given values exist in the collection.

eachCons

Get the following consecutive neighbours in a collection from a given chunk size. If the optional parameter $preserveKeys as true is passed, it will preserve the original keys.

extract

Extract keys from a collection. This is very similar to only, with two key differences:

• extract returns an array of values, not an associative array
• If a value doesn't exist, it will fill the value with null instead of omitting it

extract is useful when using PHP 7.1 short list() syntax.

filterMap

Map a collection and remove falsy values in one go.

firstOrFail

Get the first item. Throws Spatie\CollectionMacros\Exceptions\CollectionItemNotFound if the item was not found.

firstOrPush

Retrieve the first item using the callable given as the first parameter. If no value exists, push the value of the second parameter into the collection. You can pass a callable as the second parameter.

This method is really useful when dealing with cached class properties, where you want to store a value retrieved from an API or computationally expensive function in a collection to be used multiple times.

Occasionally, you'll want to specify the target collection to be pushed to. You may pass this as a third parameter.

fromPairs

Transform a collection into an associative array form collection item.

getCaseInsensitive

Get the value of a given key.

If the key is a string, we'll search for the key using a case-insensitive comparison.

glob

Returns a collection of a glob() result.

groupByModel

Similar to groupBy, but groups the collection by an Eloquent model. Since the key is an object instead of an integer or string, the results are divided into separate arrays.

Full signature: groupByModel($callback, $preserveKeys, $modelKey, $itemsKey)

hasCaseInsensitive

Determine if the collection contains a key with a given name.

If $key is a string, we'll search for the key using a case-insensitive comparison.

head

Retrieves first item from the collection.

if

The if macro can help branch collection chains. This is the signature of this macro:

$if, $then and $else can be any type. If a closure is passed to any of these parameters, then that closure will be executed and the macro will use its results.

When $if returns a truthy value, then $then will be returned, otherwise $else will be returned.

Here are some examples:

When a closure is passed to $if, $then or $else, the entire collection will be passed as an argument to that closure.

ifAny

Executes the passed callable if the collection isn't empty. The entire collection will be returned.

ifEmpty

Executes the passed callable if the collection is empty. The entire collection will be returned.

insertAfter

Inserts an item after the first occurrence of a given item and returns the updated Collection instance. Optionally a key can be given.

insertAfterKey

Inserts an item after a given key and returns the updated Collection instance. Optionally a key for the new item can be given.

insertAt

Inserts an item at a given index and returns the updated Collection instance. Optionally a key can be given.

insertBefore

Inserts an item before the first occurrence of a given item and returns the updated Collection instance. Optionally a key can be given.

insertBeforeKey

Inserts an item before a given key and returns the updated Collection instance. Optionally a key for the new item can be given.

none

Checks whether a collection doesn't contain any occurrences of a given item, key-value pair, or passing truth test. The function accepts the same parameters as the contains collection method.

paginate

Create a LengthAwarePaginator instance for the items in the collection.

This paginates the contents of $posts with 5 items per page. paginate accepts quite some options, head over to the Laravel docs for an in-depth guide.

path

Returns an item from the collection with multidimensional data using "dot" notation. Works the same way as native Collection's pull method, but without removing an item from the collection.

pluckMany

Returns a collection with only the specified keys.

pluckManyValues

Returns a collection with only the specified keys' values.

pluckToArray

Returns array of values of a given key.

prioritize

Move elements to the start of the collection.

recursive

Convert an array and its children to collection using recursion.

In some cases you may not want to turn all the children into a collection. You can convert only to a certain depth by providing a number to the recursive method.

This can be useful when you know that at a certain depth it'll not be necessary or that it may break your code.

rotate

Rotate the items in the collection with given offset

sectionBy

Splits a collection into sections grouped by a given key. Similar to groupBy but respects the order of the items in the collection and reuses existing keys.

Full signature: sectionBy($callback, $preserveKeys, $sectionKey, $itemsKey)

simplePaginate

Create a Paginator instance for the items in the collection.

This paginates the contents of $posts with 5 items per page. simplePaginate accepts quite some options, head over to the Laravel docs for an in-depth guide.

For a in-depth guide on pagination, check out the Laravel docs.

sliceBefore

Slice the values out from a collection before the given callback is true. If the optional parameter $preserveKeys as true is passed, it will preserve the original keys.

tail

Extract the tail from a collection. So everything except the first element. It's a shorthand for slice(1)->values(), but nevertheless very handy. If the optional parameter $preserveKeys as true is passed, it will preserve the keys and fallback to slice(1).

toPairs

Transform a collection into an array with pairs.

transpose

The goal of transpose is to rotate a multidimensional array, turning the rows into columns and the columns into rows.

try

If any of the methods between try and catch throw an exception, then the exception can be handled in catch.

While the methods are named try/catch for familiarity with PHP, the collection itself behaves more like a database transaction. So when an exception is thrown, the original collection (before the try) is returned.

You may gain access to the collection within catch by adding a second parameter to your handler. You may also manipulate the collection within catch by returning a value.

validate

Returns true if the given $callback returns true for every item. If $callback is a string or an array, regard it as a validation rule.

weightedRandom

Returns a random item by a weight. In this example, the item with a has the most chance to get picked, and the item with c the least.

Alternatively, you can pass a callable to get the weight.

withSize

Create a new collection with the specified amount of items.

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you've found a bug regarding security please mail [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Freek Van der Herten
• Sebastian De Deyne
• All Contributors

About Spatie

Spatie is a webdesign agency based in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects on our website.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.