CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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TKoL
TKoL

Reputation: 13932

Laravel model - uncast specific column

I have a laravel table with a column I've defined like this in the migration:

$table->json('json');

And in the model, I cast it to an array:

protected $casts = [
    'json' => 'array'
];

This works perfectly the majority of the time I need it, but there's one api call I'm making where I actually want my collection of that Model to give me the raw string rather than casting it to the array.

So, assuming my model is called Model, my api call looks like this:

$systemModels = Model::whereNull('user_id')->get();
$userModels = Model::where('user_id', $user->id)->get();

return response()->json([
        'user_models' => $userModels->toArray(),
        'system_models' => $systemModels->toArray()
    ]);

This is where I'd like the 'json' column of my Model to be rendered as a string rather than cast to an array. Is there a reliable way to do that?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1449

Answers (1)

thefallen
thefallen

Reputation: 9749

Inside your model you can define a custom attribute which is added when the model is serialized:

class YourModel extends Model
{
    protected $appends = ['json_raw'];

    public function getJsonRawAttribute()
    {
        return $this->attributes['json'];
        // or return json_encode($this->attributes['json']);
    }
}

And then when doing the toArray() you can do $userModels->makeHidden('json')->toArray(); to remove the casted field you do not want.

Upvotes: 3

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