[5.6] Allowing passing arrays to JsonResource

src/Illuminate/Http/Resources/Json/JsonResource.php

@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ public function resolve($request = null)
      */
     public function toArray($request)
     {
-        return $this->resource->toArray();
+        return is_array($this->resource)
+            ? $this->resource
+            : $this->resource->toArray();
     }
 
     /**

tests/Integration/Http/ResourceTest.php

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use Illuminate\Http\Resources\MergeValue;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;
 use Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Http\Fixtures\Post;
 use Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Http\Fixtures\Author;
 use Illuminate\Http\Resources\ConditionallyLoadsAttributes;
@@ -704,4 +705,24 @@ public function work()
             ],
         ], $results);
     }
+
+    public function test_the_resource_can_be_an_array()
+    {
+        Route::get('/', function () {
+            return new JsonResource([
+                '[email protected]' => 'John',
+                '[email protected]' => 'Hank',
+            ]);
+        });
+
+        $this->withoutExceptionHandling()
+            ->get('/', ['Accept' => 'application/json'])
+            ->assertStatus(200)
+            ->assertJson([
+                'data' => [
+                    '[email protected]' => 'John',
+                    '[email protected]' => 'Hank',
+                ],
+            ]);
+    }
 }