carsdotcom/laravel-json-model

Laravel models backed by JSON data

v1.4.5 2026-03-18 15:07 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.1
• ext-json: *
• carsdotcom/laravel-json-schema: ^v1.0.1 || ^v2 || ^2.1
• laravel/framework: ^9.19 || ^10.0 || ^11.0 || ^12.0

Requires (Dev)

• fakerphp/faker: ^1.9.1
• mockery/mockery: ^1.4.4
• nunomaduro/collision: ^6.1|7.*|8.*
• orchestra/testbench: 7.*|8.*|9.*|10.*
• phpstan/phpstan: ^1.8|^2.1
• phpunit/phpunit: ~8.0|~9.0|^10.5|^11.5.3
• squizlabs/php_codesniffer: ^3.7

MIT

• library
• laravel

README

We really love Laravel as an ORM. But we have a part of our application that persists to a document store, not a relational database. Json Models let us use the best parts of the Eloquent Models, but instead of being backed by a row in a table, they're always serialized to JSON. (Which can include being serialized to an attribute on a traditional Laravel Model!)

Setup

For now, you will need to add the following for events to work properly.

1. In AppServiceProvider boot method: JsonModel::setEventDispatcher($this->app['events']);
2. In AppServiceProvider register method: JsonModel::clearBootedModels();