Laravel 5 Collections: Calculating the Minimum Value of a Collection With min

The min method in Laravel is the opposite of the max method and accepts the same number of arguments. It can be used to retrieve the minimum value of a given key. If no key is specified, it will function similarly to PHP's min function. In the...

Laravel 5 Collections: Calculating the Sum of a Collection With sum

The sum method in Laravel's Collection class returns the sum of all items in the collection. It can also accept a callback function to specify which values should be added together. If the collection is empty, the method will return 0. In the...

Laravel 5 Collections: Checking If a Collection Contains Items With isEmpty

The isEmpty method in Laravel's Collection class can be used to determine if a collection contains any items. If the collection is empty, true is returned; otherwise, false is returned. You can use this method to check if a collection has items...

Laravel 5 Collections: Checking If a Collection Contains Items With isNotEmpty

The isNotEmpty method is used to determine whether a collection is not empty. This method returns a boolean value indicating whether the collection has any items or not. You can use this method to easily check if a collection contains any elements.

Laravel 5 Collections: Combining Collection Elements Into a String With implode

The implode method in Laravel combines the items of a collection together, with the option to specify a "glue" between each item. Unlike PHP's implode function, Laravel's Collection allows for operating on arrays of primitive data types as well as...

Laravel 5 Collections: Combining the Keys of a Collection With the Values of Another Collection With combine

The combine method in Laravel is used to combine the keys of a collection with the values of another collection or array. It returns a new Collection instance without modifying the original collection. Both collections or arrays must have the same...