why my app deals with array from backend a string?

Issue

I have stored a column as an array but when I received this from server in ionic, ionic will deal with it as a string and not array

this is how it's stored

["loca6_1.jpeg","loca6_1.jpeg"]

here is the backend function and it is written in php laravel

return Auth::user()->attachments()->pluck('filename');

and database we're using phpMyadmin

Solution

Try casting the column to an array:

Attachment.php

protected $casts = [
    'filename' => 'array',
];

This is untested, but I think you'd need to do something like this to merge all the individual arrays in to one.

return Auth::user()->attachments()->pluck('filename')->flatten();

Answered By - martincarlin87