Group Laravel collection by the given key - arrays

Question

in Laravel I want to change response if same user array have multiple response
I get a response with this function
controller.php
public function index(){
$reports = Report::all();
return $this->sendResponse($reports->toArray(), 'User Reports successfully.');
}
This is my response
{
"success": true,
"data": [
{
"id": 66,
"cuid": 20,
"name": "my1",
"created_at": "2018-03-09 00:00:00",
"updated_at": "2018-03-09 00:00:00",
"time": "07:19 PM",
"status": "D"
},
{
"id": 65,
"cuid": 20,
"name": "my1",
"created_at": "2018-03-07 00:00:00",
"updated_at": "2018-03-07 00:00:00",
"time": "07:39 PM",
"status": "D"
},
{
"id": 64,
"cuid": 21,
"name": "my2",
"created_at": "2018-03-02 00:00:00",
"updated_at": "2018-03-05 00:00:00",
"time": "07:01 PM",
"status": "D"
},
{
"id": 63,
"cuid": 20,
"name": "my2",
"created_at": "2018-03-02 00:00:00",
"updated_at": "2018-03-02 00:00:00",
"time": "06:44 PM",
"status": "D"
}
],
"message": "User Reportsssss successfully."
}
This is fine my problem is i have 4 array with 2 user insted showing that way i want to show like this
{
"success": true,
"data": [
my1:{
{
"id": 66,
"cuid": 20,
"name": "my1",
"created_at": "2018-03-09 00:00:00",
"updated_at": "2018-03-09 00:00:00",
"time": "07:19 PM",
"status": "D"
}
{
"id": 65,
"cuid": 20,
"name": "my1",
"created_at": "2018-03-07 00:00:00",
"updated_at": "2018-03-07 00:00:00",
"time": "07:39 PM",
"status": "D"
}
},
my2:{
{
"id": 63,
"cuid": 21,
"name": "my2",
"created_at": "2018-03-07 00:00:00",
"updated_at": "2018-03-07 00:00:00",
"time": "07:39 PM",
"status": "D"
}
{
"id": 64,
"cuid": 21,
"name": "my2",
"created_at": "2018-03-02 00:00:00",
"updated_at": "2018-03-05 00:00:00",
"time": "07:01 PM",
"status": "D"
}
}
],
"message": "User Reportsssss successfully."
}
How to achive this if same user comes under single array

Answer 1

The ideal way to do this would be by using collection pipelines. Your original controller method would become the following;
public function index(){
$reports = Report::all();
return $this->sendResponse($reports->groupBy('name')->toArray(), 'User Reports successfully.');
}
The groupBy method will split the collection results out into other collections, grouped by the provided column. Because the toArray() method cascades, you'll get a nice array back.

Answer 2

You need to loop through the result and modify it as per your requirement.I have tested the below code its working fine. Try using it.
$reports = $reports->toArray();
$finalArray = [];
foreach($reports as $key=>$value) {
$name = $value['name'];
$finalArray[$name][] = $value;
}
return $this->sendResponse($finalArray, 'User Reports successfully.');
Thanks.