This package extends the built-in attribute casting with the jn-jairo/laravel-cast package.

You can install the package via composer:

composer require jn-jairo/laravel-eloquent-cast

Use the trait \JnJairo\Laravel\EloquentCast\HasAttributesCast in a \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model. In the $casts property of the model set the attribute name as the key and the type:format as the value.

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use JnJairo\Laravel\EloquentCast\HasAttributesCast;

class Foo extends Model
{
    use HasAttributesCast;

    protected $casts = [
        'uuid' => 'uuid',
        'is_admin' => 'boolean',
        'created_at' => 'datetime:Y-m-d H:i:s',
    ];
}

The attribute is casted for a PHP type in the getter and/or with a suffix, for a database type in the setter, and for a json type when serialized to array/json.

$foo = new Foo();
$foo->uuid = '72684d25-b173-468d-8d45-2a10b2cc3e9f';
$foo->is_admin = 1;
$foo->created_at = '2000-01-01 00:00:00';

print_r(gettype($foo->uuid));
// string

print_r(get_class($foo->uuid_));
// Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid

var_dump($foo->is_admin);
// bool(true)

print_r($foo->created_at);
Illuminate\Support\Carbon Object
(
    [date] => 2000-01-01 00:00:00.000000
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)

Publish the configuration to config/eloquent-cast.php.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider=JnJairo\\Laravel\\EloquentCast\\EloquentCastServiceProvider

In the default configuration the attribute is casted for a PHP type in the getter and with the _ suffix, except for the type uuid which is casted only with the _ suffix, because to cast a primary/foreign key directly in the getter brakes the relations between the eloquent models.

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.