I have a Livewire component with the following properties...

class MyClass extends Livewire\Component {

    public $dataCollection;  // instance of Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection
    public $dataArray;       // converted to an array of arrays

    /* ... blah ... */

    function getData() {
        /* ... */
        $this->dataCollection = $ordersModel->processMySearch($srch)->get(); // returns multiple lines of data, producing a Collection
        $this->dataArray = $this->dataCollection->toArray();
    }
}

Now, my objective is push this data to the Livewire/Blade template and entangle it with an AlpineJS variable.

<div x-data="{
    myCollection: @entangle('dataCollection').defer,
    myArray:      @entangle('dataArray').defer
}">
<table>
<tbody>
    <template x-for="myRow in myCollection">
    <tr>
        <template x-for="(myData, colName) in myRow">
            <td :class="colName" x-text="myData"></td>
        </template>
    </tr>
    </template>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>

It doesn't work, because it seems that the collection of models doesn't convert (or map) properly from Livewire/PHP into the Alpine myCollection variable. When I run a console.log() debug on the variable, it tells me that it's an empty array.

However, if I loop the table the myArray variable (rather than the myCollection one):

<table>
<tbody>
    <template x-for="myRow in myArray">
    <tr>
    <!-- etc -->

Then the HTML table generates on page nicely.

The reason I would prefer to use the Collection object, is because I may want to update some of the data in the table. If I am able to update the data in the (@entangleed) Model objects and have the Models synch back to the Livewire/PHP component, then I won't need to re-generate the models in PHP, potentially saving me some database calls.

Is it possible to @entangle Alpine variables to PHP Collections in this way? If so, what am I doing wrong and why isn't it working in the above example?

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Disclaimer The above code is a (very) simplified excerpt of a larger project that I'm working on. It's not a direct copy/paste of the original code and as such may contain minor syntax errors. Please treat it as pseudo code.