withCollection method gives bad json output. I can't convert it to array.

[nileshlets]

Steps to reproduce

$this->response->withCollection(
$users,
new UserTransformer
);
$array = json_decode($adminUserList);

Expected behavior

It should return an array

Actual behavior

It shows blank. I tested with json_last_error and showing error 4 which means bad syntax.

Server configuration

Ubuntu

Apache

Mysql

PHP 7.0

Client configuration

Chrome

[emileber]

What's $adminUserList in your example?

[nileshlets]

It is output of below code :
$adminUserList = $this->response->withCollection(
$users,
new UserTransformer
);

[nileshlets]

Hi I have tried other way to achieve this as below and it is working fine:

$adminUserList = $this->response->withCollection(
$users,
new UserTransformer
);
$userCollection = json_decode(json_encode($adminUserList));
$userarray = $userCollection->original->data;

[maximebeaudoin]

@nileshlets Do you use this package in laravel ? If so, the method withCollection will return a instance of Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\ResponseFactory. See EllipseSynergie\ApiResponse\Laravel::withArray(). The purpose of this package is to simplify the way we transform and return the data in the response.