Get two columns of data as an array of keys and values using Laravel

I don't think that method exists, but what you could do is use array_column on the returned associative array to get what you want:

$array = User::select( 'type', 'id' )->all();//get array of assoc arrays
$result = array_column($array, 'type', 'id');//column

this will return an array using the id key in each sub array of $array (ie each result/assoc array) as key, and the type value as value. So if $array looks like this:

$array = [
    [
        'id'   => 1,
        'type' => 'a',
    ],
    [
        'id'   => 2,
        'type' => 'b',
    ],
];

The result of the array_column call will look like this:

$result = [
    1 => 'a',
    2 => 'b',
];

Note array_column requires PHP 5.5 or higher, if you're running 5.4, and you can't upgrade, write your own function, it's easy enough:

function myArrayCol(array $in, $valKey, $idxKey = null)
{
    $result = [];
    foreach ($in as $sub) {
        if (!is_array($sub)) {
            throw new RuntimeException('myArrayCol requires a multi-dimensional array to be passed');
        }
        $value = isset($sub[$valKey]) ? $sub[$valKey] : null;
        if ($idxKey === null || !isset($sub[$idxKey])) P
            $result[] = $value;
        } else {
            $result[$sub[$idxKey]] = $value;
        }
    }
    return $result;
}

Note this implementation is completely untested, but you get the basic idea...

Update

Aparently, laravel does have a method that does what the OP wants, as @Mat suggested, and the docs show:

$result = User::lists('type', 'id')->all();

That returns the result the OP is after in a one-liner.