Why is Eloquent returning a different result if retrieving All and using a where clause? - development

Why is Eloquent returning a different result if retrieving All and using a where clause?

When I use the following retrieve:

$items = Item::All()->where('user_id', '=', Auth::user()->id);

I get (no idea of what the ‘0’ and ‘2’ identifiers are):

"items": {
        "0": {
            item1data
        },
        "2": {
            item2data
        }
    }

But when I use:

$items = Item::where('user_id', '=', Auth::user()->id)->get();

I get the following array:

"items": [
        {
            item1data
        },
        {
            item2data
        }
    ]

The second is what I need, so I can send it back as a Json response, but I’m curious of why the results are being different.

from Laravel Questions and Answers https://laravelquestions.com/laravel/why-is-eloquent-returning-a-different-result-if-retrieving-all-and-using-a-where-clause/
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