<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers; use Illuminate\Http\Request; use App\CurrencyListing; use function GuzzleHttp\json_encode; class API extends Controller { public function index() { $data = CurrencyListing::all('iso', 'rates'); foreach($data as $i => $item) { $data[$i] = array($item["iso"] => $item["rates"]); } $ex = str_replace( array( '[', ']'), array( '{', '}'),json_encode($data)); return '{'.str_replace( array( '{', '}'), '', $ex).'}'; } }