How to remove brakets on Json respone - json

Question

im working on Laravel Rest Api with passeport ,
in return response()->json() i want to trim the brackets
I've tried trim($json,'[]') function but it's not what i want
public function getOffers()
{
$offers = Offer::where('type', 'primary')->where('active', 1)->get();
$paks = Offer::where('type', 'pack')->where('active', 1)->get();
return response()->json([
'offersList' => $offers,
'packsList' => $paks,
], 200);
}
i expect the output will be
{
"offersList": {
{
"id": 3,
"name": "Gold",
"description": null
}
},
"packsList":[]
}
but the actual result is
{
"offersList": [
{
"id": 3,
"name": "Gold",
"description": null
}
],
"packsList":[]
}

Answer 1

$offers is a collection, and thus an array in JSON.
If $offers should be a single item, use first() instead of get() and it will be rendered as a single object in your JSON instead of an array of objects.
$offers = Offer::where('type', 'primary')->where('active', 1)->first();
If $offers should, at times, contain multiple offers, leave it as-is; it's correct!

Answer 2

Braces {} nested in another object is not valid JSON.
Objects can be used in property values and as array elements.
Not valid JSON
{
"offersList": {
{
"id": 3,
"name": "Gold",
"description": null
}
}
}
Valid option 1
{
"offersList": [
{
"id": 3,
"name": "Gold",
"description": null
}
]
}
Valid option 2
{
"offersList": {
"id": 3,
"name": "Gold",
"description": null
}
}
You can use online linters to quickly validate your JSON structure.
https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/