Revamping Eloquent Model Class For PHP 8.4
Rewriting Eloquent Model class for PHP 8.4: Moving properties to attributes, using property hooks & attributes for metadata & serialization. What changes do you want to see?
A part of the The problem with indirections post was about the behaviour of the Eloquent Model class. This got me thinking, what if it was rewritten with PHP 8.4 as a minimum requirement. The fields Now At the moment it is not required to add the fields as a property to get the values from the database. For mass assignment you need the protected fillable property. But there is also a protected guarded property, which is the opposite of the fillable attribute. The default value can be added with the protected attributes property. The relations are always functions. And also a...