15 Laravel Collection Techniques to Enhance Your Codebase

Laravel Collections are a robust tool for handling arrays in your applications. They not only wrap PHP’s native array functions but also introduce additional methods and a fluent interface to simplify array manipulation.

One of the standout features of Collections is their immutability. Instead of altering the original collection, they generate a new one with the applied changes.

By leveraging Laravel Collections, you can eliminate common confusions such as:

• The order of parameters in array functions.
• Whether an array function modifies the original array or returns a new one.
• The distinctions between array_map() and array_walk().

The result? Cleaner, more maintainable, and highly readable code.

Essential Laravel Collection Techniques

1. Creating Collections
To initiate a collection, use the collect() helper:

$collection = collect(); // Empty collection.  
$collection = collect([1, 2, 3]); // From an array.

Alternatively, the object-oriented approach uses the make() method:

use Illuminate\Support\Collection;  
$collection = Collection::make([1…