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Laravel Array Helper Function: Determining If a Value Is An Array

By John Koster

accessible($value)

The accessible helper method is used to determine whether the given $value is array accessible. A value $value is array accessible if the value is an array or an instance of ArrayAccess.

The following examples demonstrate the usage of the accessible helper method. The results of the method call appear above the call as a comment:

 1<?php

 2

 3// Create some test objects to work with.

 4$array      = [];

 5$collection = collect([]);

 6$model      = factory('App\User')->make();

 7$class      = new stdClass;

 8

 9// true

10Arr::accessible($array);

11

12// true

13Arr::accessible($collection);

14

15// true

16Arr::accessible($model);

17

18// false

19Arr::accessible($class);

20

21// false

22Arr::accessible(null);

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