Laravel 5 Collections Static API: Creating a New Collection Instance From Arrays Using make

The make static method creates a new instance of a collection with the provided $items (assuming that the provided $items argument is not already a collection instance).

#Signature

1public static function make(
2    $items = []
3);

#Example Use

The following code sample highlights the usage of the make static method:

 1use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 2 
 3$items = [
 4    'sea'  => 'Mosasaurus',
 5    'air'  => 'Argentavis magnificens',
 6    'land' => 'Dusicyon australis'
 7];
 8 
 9$collection = Collection::make($items);
10 
11// true
12$isCollection = $collection instanceof Collection;

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