Customizing Eloquent Attributes with Accessors and Mutators
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namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class User extends Model
{
/**
* Get the user's first name.
*
* @param string $value
* @return string
*/
public function getFirstNameAttribute($value)
{
return ucfirst($value);
}
/**
* Set the user's password.
*
* @param string $value
* @return void
*/
public function setPasswordAttribute($value)
{
$this->attributes['password'] = bcrypt($value);
}
/**
* Get the user's full name.
* This is an "appended" attribute that doesn't exist in the DB.
* Add to $appends array in model.
*
* @return string
*/
public function getFullNameAttribute()
{
return "{$this->first_name} {$this->last_name}";
}
protected $appends = ['full_name'];
}
// Usage:
$user = App\Models\User::find(1);
echo $user->first_name; // Automatically capitalized
$user->password = 'new-secret-password'; // Automatically hashed
echo $user->full_name; // Accesses the appended attribute
$user->save();