Laravel Json Casted

Introduction

A package to cast json fields, each sub-keys is castable

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.2
• Laravel >= 10.0

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require novius/laravel-json-casted

If you use laravel-ide-helper, add ModelHasJsonWithCastsHook in its configuration file :

    'model_hooks' => [
        // ...
        \Novius\LaravelJsonCasted\Hooks\ModelHasJsonWithCastsHook::class,
    ],

Usage

Define casts by a method

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Novius\LaravelJsonCasted\Services\JsonCasted;

class Post extends Model {

    protected $casts = [
        'extras' => JsonCasted::class.':getExtrasCasts',
    ];
    
    public function getExtrasCasts(): array
    {
        return [
            'date' => 'date:Y-m-d',
        ];
    }
}

Define casts by a class

namespace App\Casts;

use Novius\LaravelJsonCasted\Services\JsonCasted;

class Extras extends JsonCasted {

    protected static array $casts = [
        'date' => 'date:Y-m-d',
    ];
}

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use App\Casts\Extras;

class Post extends Model {

    protected $casts = [
        'extras' => Extras::class,
    ];
}

Use casted field

    $model = Post::first();
    // $model->extras is now a Fluent instance 
    // $model->extras->date is a now Carbon class 
    $model->extras->date->lt(now());

CS Fixer

Lint your code with Laravel Pint using:

composer run cs-fix

Licence

This package is under GNU Affero General Public License v3 or (at your option) any later version.