imagine have couple of simple objects this:
<?php namespace app; use illuminate\database\eloquent\model; class user extends model { public function posts() { return $this->hasmany("app\post"); } } class post extends model { public function user() { return $this->belongsto("app\user"); } } we'll \app\post object has database column called jsondata contains json-encoded data. when want display user's posts in view column decoded, need in controller:
$posts = auth::user()->posts()->get(); foreach ($posts $post) { $post->jsondata = json_decode($post->jsondata); } return view("user.show", ["posts"=>$posts]); is there way avoid foreach loop in controller , json decoding @ lower level?
i'm sure in app\user::posts() doesn't other places need display decoded data. tried defining app\post::get() override parent method, doesn't work because hasmany() doesn't seem return instance of model @ all.
it can done in different places/ways, suggest use append property in model if want data decoded everywhere , every time retrieve post model, or mutator.
see https://laravel.com/docs/master/eloquent-mutators
in model can define:
protected $appends = [ 'name_of_property' ]; // calculated / mutated field public function getnameofpropertyattribute() { return jsondecode($this->jsondata); } you can access property with:
$post->name_of_property
note conversion camelcase snake_case , conversion getnameofpropertyattribute > name_of_property. default need respect convention working automagically.
you can substitute name_of_property , nameofproperty want accordingly.
cheers
