Eloquent Mutators and Accessors

Mutators and Accessors (Casts)

class User extends Model {
    // Accessor — transform when getting
    protected function name(): Attribute {
        return Attribute::make(
            get: fn($value) => ucfirst($value),
        );
    }

    // Mutator — transform when setting
    protected function password(): Attribute {
        return Attribute::make(
            set: fn($value) => bcrypt($value),
        );
    }

    // Accessor + Mutator
    protected function fullName(): Attribute {
        return Attribute::make(
            get: fn($v, $attrs) => $attrs["first_name"]." ".$attrs["last_name"],
            set: fn($v) => ["first_name" => explode(" ",$v)[0],
                            "last_name"  => explode(" ",$v)[1]],
        );
    }

    // Built-in casts
    protected $casts = [
        "is_admin"      => "boolean",
        "permissions"   => "array",     // JSON column ↔ PHP array
        "published_at"  => "datetime",
        "price"         => "decimal:2",
    ];
}