How to convert array to a json object?

Question

I am trying to push values in an array and it comes like

[{\"Monday\":\"11:30\"},{\"Monday\":\"12:00\"},{\"Monday\":\"23:00\"},{\"Tuesday\":\"11:30\"},{\"Tuesday         


        

Answer 1

You may use mapToGroups to get in the requested format. But i don't know your table structure so i got these;

[{"Monday":"11:30"},{"Monday":"12:00"},{"Monday":"23:00"},{"Tuesday":"11:30"},{"Tuesday":"12:00"},{"Tuesday":"23:00"}]

put into the collection (assuming your eloquent collection returns like that)

$timings = collect([
        ["Monday" => "11:30"],
        ["Monday" => "12:00"],
        ["Monday" => "23:00"],
        ["Tuesday" => "11:30"],
        ["Tuesday" => "12:00"],
        ["Tuesday" => "23:00"]
    ]);

    return $timings->mapToGroups(function ($item) {
        $day = array_key_first($item);

        return [$day => $item[$day]];
    });

which prints these;

{
  "Monday": [
    "11:30",
    "12:00",
    "23:00"
  ],
  "Tuesday": [
    "11:30",
    "12:00",
    "23:00"
  ]
}

Edit: (the same array you posted in online used here + same function i used for solution)

$days = ["Monday", "Monday"];
$time = ["11:30", "12:30"];
$doctor_timings = [];
for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($days); $i++) {
    $day_id = $days[$i];
    $time_id = $time[$i];
    array_push($doctor_timings, [$day_id => $time_id]);
}

return collect($doctor_timings)->mapToGroups(function ($item) {
    $day = array_key_first($item);

    return [$day => $item[$day]];
});

which prints

{"Monday":["11:30","12:30"]}