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funkenstein
funkenstein

Reputation: 293

Laravel 5 Model Accessor Methods not working

I am attempting to write some accessor methods according to my best interpretation of the documentation and they do not seem to be working. I am attempting to decrypt an attribute that I am encrypting when it comes into the database via an API call that fires in a scheduled artisan console command. I have a Model that looks like this: 

 <?php namespace App;

use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use ET_Client;
use ET_DataExtension;
use ET_DataExtension_Row;
use Crypt;

//child implementation
class MasterPreference extends Model {

////these fields can be mass assigned
    protected $fillable = [
        //
        'SMS_OPT_IN',
        'EMAIL_OPT_IN',
        'CUSTOMER_NAME',
        'CUSTOMER_ID'
    ];

    protected $DE_Names = ['MasterPreferences', 'SubPreferences'];

    protected $results = '';


    //instantiate and replicate
    function __construct()
    {

    }


    /**
     * 
     *
     * @return $getResult
     */
    public function getData()
    {

    }


    /**
     * store to the Db
     */
    public function store($results)
    {

    }


    /**
     * decrypt CUSTOMER_ID
     * @param $value
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function getCustomerIdAttribute($value)
    {

        return Crypt::decrypt($value);
    }

    public function getAccountHolderAttribute($value)
    {
        return $value . 'testing';
    }

    /**
     * ecnrypt Customer ID
     *
     * @param $value
     */
    public function setCustomerIdAttribute($value)
    {
        $this->attributes['CUSTOMER_ID'] = Crypt::encrypt($value);
    }



}

As you can see above I've created 2 accessor methods one for an attribute named CUSTOMER_ID, and another for an attrib named ACCOUNT_HOLDER. When I store like $all = MasterPreference::all() and dd($all) in my index method in the MasterPreferencesController, these attributes are unchanged. Is there another step to calling these accessor methods? Shouldn't they just work by the magic of Laravel?

I appreciate any help! I'm fairly stumped and cannot find this in the docs.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6391

Answers (2)

Mysteryos
Mysteryos

Reputation: 5791

Let's see where the magic went wrong.

The Basics:

1) You are extending the class Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model. Functions that you declare in MasterPreference class, will override the parent class's function, where the names match.

Source: http://php.net/manual/en/keyword.extends.php

The Problem:

MasterPreference class has an empty __construct function.

This overrides the __construct() function of Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model which is:

/**
 * Create a new Eloquent model instance.
 *
 * @param  array  $attributes
 * @return void
 */
public function __construct(array $attributes = array())
{
    $this->bootIfNotBooted();

    $this->syncOriginal();

    $this->fill($attributes);
}

Your magic of Accessors & Mutators happens in this vortex of code.

The Solution:

Hence, MasterPreference's __construct should be as follows:

public function __construct(array $attributes = array())
{
     parent::__construct($attributes);
}

Upvotes: 2

Pawel Bieszczad
Pawel Bieszczad

Reputation: 13325

My guess is that Laravel assumes your field names are lower case. If your field name was for example custome_id it would correctly change the value of it.

You could also try the following:

public function getCustomerIdAttribute($)
{
    return Crypt::decrypt($this->attributes['CUSTOMER_ID']);
}

or

public function getCustomerIdAttribute($)
{
    return Crypt::decrypt($this->CUSTOMER_ID);
}

then access that value with 

MasterPreference::find($id)->customer_id

not sure if and which will work.

Upvotes: 2

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