Laravel : How to store json format data in database?

Question

I want to store some json format data in database from a given array. But How i do store it using controller.

Suppose I have json data like :

{"id":"bangladesh","divisions":[{"name":"Barisal"},{"name":"Chittagong"},{"name":"Dhaka"},{"name":"Khulna"},{"name":"Rajshahi"},{"name":"Rangpur"},{"name":"Sylhet"}]}

So far as I know in controller using json format is like this as I'm not fully aware of it.

public function saveUser(Request $request)
{
    $div=new Div();
    $user->json = json_encode( array({"Date 1": {
        {"id":"bangladesh","divisions":[{"name":"Barisal"},{"name":"Chittagong"},{"name":"Dhaka"},{"name":"Khulna"},{"name":"Rajshahi"},{"name":"Rangpur"},{"name":"Sylhet"}]}   
    $div->save();    
    return redirect('getList');
}

How do i save it in mySQL only the list of divisions in Division Model using Laravel Controller?

Answer 1

You don't need to convert the array data to a JSON string yourself, use the Laravel $casts parameter on your model: https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/eloquent-mutators#attribute-casting

You should do something like this in your Div model:

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

Answer 2

You can convert your Model to JSON format like $model->toJson();

or

if you have data in an array you can use json_encode(['id' => 1, 'name' => 'User 1']);

Laravel Schema does support JSON field types as well look https://laravel.com/docs/5.0/schema#adding-columns

You can use text field type as well to store JSON data.