DB query builder toArray() laravel 4

And another solution

$objectData = DB::table('user')
    ->select('column1', 'column2')
    ->where('name', '=', 'Jhon')
    ->get();
$arrayData = array_map(function($item) {
    return (array)$item; 
}, $objectData->toArray());

It good in case when you need only several columns from entity.

toArray is a model method of Eloquent, so you need to a Eloquent model, try this:

 User::where('name', '=', 'Jhon')->get()->toArray();

http://laravel.com/docs/eloquent#collections

Please note, the option presented below is apparently no longer supported as of Laravel 5.4 (thanks @Alex).

In Laravel 5.3 and below, there is a method to set the fetch mode for select queries.

In this case, it might be more efficient to do:

DB::connection()->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$result = DB::table('user')->where('name',=,'Jhon')->get();

That way, you won't waste time creating objects and then converting them back into arrays.

If you prefer to use Query Builder instead of Eloquent here is the solutions

$result = DB::table('user')->where('name',=,'Jhon')->get();

First Solution

$array = (array) $result;

Second Solution

$array = get_object_vars($result);

Third Solution

$array = json_decode(json_encode($result), true);

hope it may help