//json encode
return response()->json([
'name' => 'Abigail',
'state' => 'CA',
]);
//now decode
$response = json_decode($response->getContent()) ;return response()->json($array, 202,
[
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
'Charset' => 'utf-8'
], JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
}return response()->json(['name' => 'Abigail', 'state' => 'CA']);return response()->json([
'name' => 'Abigail',
'state' => 'CA',
]);return response()->json($array);return response()->view('your_view', compact('variableName'));