Error UnexpectedValueException The Response content must be a string or object implementing toString object given

Question

I have a controller where I want to combine data from multiple tables with parallel structures. What I want to end up with in the end is one object I can return from the controller so I can parse it in Backbone.

I want to do something like this:

public function index()
{
    $mc = MainContact::where('verified', '=', '1')->get();
    $sm = SendMessage::where('verified', '=', '1')->get();

    $obj = (object) array_merge((array) $mc, (array) $sm);
    return $obj;
}

However,returns the following error in Laravel:

UnexpectedValueException: The Response content must be a string or object implementing
 __toString(), "object" given.

How do I implement this method in Laravel?

Answer 1

Hii,

You can simply use:

$new_collection = $collection->merge($other_collection).

Hope it helps!!