title: Parse Laravel Array
body: <p>This seems like a very basic question, but I just cannot figure it out. I am trying to parse through this array in a blade template.</p>
  
  <p>I am saving data to a session variable that is an array. When I dd the variable in the view I get this...</p>
  
  <pre><code>"[["Less than $50,000","$50,000-$100,000","More than $100,000"],["Step2-option1","Step2-option2"],["Step3-option2"]]"
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  <p>It looks like it's saving to the database as a string instead of an array. Is that correct? When I try to dd($variable[0]) I only get "[". If it is a string, I need to be saving it another way or at least taking this and converting it back to an array.</p>
  
  <p>Each piece of this "array" is from a multi-step form that I am aggregating into a session variable using Session::push();</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help!</p>