array_column on collections

[shopblocks]

On a collection, it should be possible to do

$collection->column('id');

to get the same result as what
array_column($array, 'id');

would give you.

Currently, I have had to go by using something like this:

$uuids = $collect->map(function($category) {
    return $category->id;
});

Unless i'm missing something, there is no column method on collections?

[shopblocks]

Ah, it appears that pluck does this.

Would it make sense to have an alias for pluck as column since thats what the method is called in PHP?

[morloderex]

@shopblocks pluck makes perfect sense.

You are plucking id column out of the array and creating a new one.

[chriscalip]

For anyone googling around
$collection->pluck('name')->toArray();