Answers for "laravel 8 to array"

laravel model to array

use App\Models\User;

$user = User::with('roles')->first();

return $user->toArray();

laravel transform object to array

$users = App\User::all();
$users = $users->toArray();

laravel array cast

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Casts\AsCollection;

/**
 * The attributes that should be cast.
 *
 * @var array
 */
protected $casts = [
    'options' => AsCollection::class,
];