Laravel Mutable

Change Laravel models toArray() values using a simple and clean way

Installation

composer require jgrossi/laravel-mutable

Usage

First add Mutable trait to the model you want to change values:

use Jgrossi\Mutable\Mutable;

class User extends Eloquent
{
    use Mutable;
}

Then create a UserMutator class in any place in your app (or give it other name if you prefer). Then set the $mutator property in your model:

use App\Models\Mutators\UserMutator;
use Jgrossi\Mutable\Mutable;

class User extends Eloquent
{
    use Mutable;

    protected $mutator = UserMutator::class;
}

In your mutator class you might have one method for each attribute you want to change:

namespace App\Models\Mutators;

use Carbon\Carbon;
use Jgrossi\Mutable\Mutator;

class UserMutator extends Mutator
{
    public function firstName($value)
    {
        return ucfirst($value);
    }

    public function createdAt(Carbon $date)
    {
        return $date->format('Y-m-d');
    }
}

Then when using $user->toArray() you'll have the first_name attributes changed.

class FooController extends Controller
{
    public function show($id)
    {
        $user = User::findOrFail($id);

        return $user; // returns the changed User as array
    }
}

Licence

MIT License © Junior Grossi