paulvl/magicmodel

Eloquent's extended Model with extra features.

1.0.0 2015-02-13 04:26 UTC

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Last update: 2024-11-12 04:44:49 UTC


README

This Laravel package provides extended functions for Eloquent.

Installation

Laravel 4.2

  1. Begin by installing this package through Composer. Edit your project's composer.json file to require paulvl/magicmodel.

     "require-dev": {
     	"paulvl/magicmodel": "dev-master"
     }
    

    There is no support for Laravel 5.

  2. Next, update Composer from the Terminal:

     composer update --dev
    
  3. Once this operation completes, add the service provider. Open app/config/app.php, and add a new item to the providers array.

     'PaulVL\MagicModel\MagicModelServiceProvider'
    
  4. And add a new item to the aliases array, on same app/config/app.php file.

     'MagicModel' => 'PaulVL\MagicModel\MagicModel'
    
  5. Finally in order to use MagicModel properly you have to extend your "Model" from MagicModel instead of Eloquent like this for example:

    <?php
    . . .
    class User extends MagicModel implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface {
    . . .

##Usage

MagicModel implements the following methods:

To Verify References

MagicModel allows you to easily verify if a record is referenced by another one as a foreing key. You can use the static Model::hasReferences($id) method directly from your MagicModel's extended Model:

example...

<?php
	return dd(Model::hasReferences(1));
	//returns True if primary key "1" is referenced in any table as FK.
	//returns False if primary key "1" is NOT referenced in any table as FK.
?>

Or you can either use $object->isReferenced() method from an instanced object:

example...

<?php
	$object = Model::find(1);
	return dd($object->isReferenced());
	//returns True if the object is referenced in any table as FK.
	//returns False if the object is NOT referenced in any table as FK.
?>