JSON Serialize

Model and Collection can be serialized recursively to JSON string. You can also deserialize them from JSON.

Public and protected members will be serialized. Private members will not be included.
Properties by getter and setter will not be included.
stdClass also can be serialized, but only public members.

JSON Serialize

Serialize the Collection

$customers = Customer::all();
$json = $customers->toJson();

Result

{
  "className": "Transactd\\Collection",
  "array": {
    "0": {
      "address": {
        "zip": "123-2",
        "address1": "3"
      },
      "address3": null,
      "id": 3,
      "name": "User3",
      "className": "Customer",
      "group": 3,
      "option": 3,
      "phone": 3,
      "note": "",
      "special_following": 2,
      "update_at": "2016-11-18 16:29:53.855330"
    },
  }
}

Serialize the Model

$group = Group::find(1);
$json = $group->toJson();

Deserialize

Deserialize Collection or Model from JSON string

$json = $group->toJson();
$group = Model::fromJson($json);