title: Using in_array on collections
body: <p>I need to check for a name in an array of names but I having trouble passing an array instead of a collection to the in_array() method. </p>
  
  <p>My blade code looks something like this</p>
  
  <pre><code>@foreach($ecn-&gt;areas as $area)
  {{ $area-&gt;area }}:&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
      @foreach($area-&gt;people as $person)                              
          @if(in_array($person, $ecn-&gt;signatures-&gt;name ))
          &lt;li&gt;&lt;del&gt;{{ $person }}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
          @else
          &lt;li&gt;{{ $person }}&lt;/li&gt;
          @endif
      @endforeach
  &lt;/ul&gt;
  @endforeach
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know my problem is in the way im trying to access the list of signatures. </p>
  
  <pre><code>@if(in_array($person, $ecn-&gt;signatures-&gt;name ))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can access them in another part of the page doing this</p>
  
  <pre><code>@foreach($ecn-&gt;signatures as $signature)
  {{ $signature-&gt;name }}&lt;br&gt;
  @endforeach
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and everything is fine. </p>
  
  <p>How can I access and pass the list of signatures as an array in this scenario?</p>