Creating Custom Accessors and Mutators
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// app/Models/User.php
class User extends Model
{
/**
* Get the user's full name (Accessor).
*
* @return string
*/
public function getFullNameAttribute()
{
return "{$this->first_name} {$this->last_name}";
}
/**
* Set the user's first name, converting it to lowercase (Mutator).
*
* @param string $value
* @return void
*/
public function setFirstNameAttribute($value)
{
$this->attributes['first_name'] = strtolower($value);
}
/**
* Encrypt the user's password when it is set (Mutator).
*
* @param string $value
* @return void
*/
public function setPasswordAttribute($value)
{
$this->attributes['password'] = bcrypt($value);
}
}
// Usage:
$user = User::find(1);
echo $user->full_name; // Accessor: 'john doe'
$user->first_name = 'JANE'; // Mutator: saves 'jane'
$user->password = 'newpassword123'; // Mutator: bcrypts the password
$user->save();