Laravel Collection Shuffle

If you are working with Laravel and need to shuffle a collection, you can use the built-in shuffle() method. This method can be used to randomly re-arrange the items in a collection.

Syntax

$collection->shuffle();

The shuffle() method doesn't accept any arguments, it simply randomizes the order of the items in the collection.

Example

use Illuminate\Support\Collection;

$collection = collect([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);

$shuffled = $collection->shuffle();

$shuffled->all();

This will output something like:

array:6 [
  3 => 4
  0 => 1
  1 => 2
  4 => 5
  2 => 3
  5 => 6
]

As you can see, the order of the items in the collection has been randomized.

Conclusion

The shuffle() method can be useful in situations where you need to randomize the order of a collection's items. It is also an easy method to use, with no arguments to pass.

I hope you found this helpful!