Check variable is a Laravel collection

In general, you can check simply using:

use Illuminate\Support\Collection;

....
if($variable instanceof Collection) { 
 ....
}

In fact, we are checking whether the $variableis a Collection-object or not.

Another example:

We know that Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection extends from Illuminate\Support\Collection

Suppose:

$record = User::all();

Then:

dump($record instanceof \App\User); 
// returns false

While:

dump($record instanceof \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection); 
// returns true

I would like to introduce two packages for Laravel that I have recently developed: Laravel Pay Pocket, a modern multi-wallet package, and Laravel Failed Jobs, a UI for the Laravel Failed Jobs Table. I hope they may be of help to you.

https://github.com/HPWebdeveloper/laravel-pay-pocket
https://github.com/HPWebdeveloper/laravel-failed-jobs