reafeichtinger/laravel-enums-plus

Supercharge your PHP8 enums with powers like localization support and fluent comparison methods.

3.2.0 2025-10-03 21:54 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.1
• illuminate/console: ^10.0 | ^11.0 | ^12.0
• illuminate/contracts: ^10.0 | ^11.0 | ^12.0
• spatie/laravel-package-tools: ^1.18

Requires (Dev)

• larastan/larastan: ^2.9 | ^3.0
• laravel/pint: ^1.20
• nunomaduro/collision: ^7.11 | ^8.5
• orchestra/testbench: ^9.9 | ^10.0
• pestphp/pest: ^2.36 | ^3.7
• pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel: ^2.4 | ^3.0
• phpstan/extension-installer: ^1.4
• phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules: ^1.2 | ^2.0
• phpstan/phpstan-phpunit: ^1.4 | ^2.0
• phpunit/phpunit: ^10.5 | ^11.5

MIT

• Webfox Developments Ltd
• Rea Feichtinger

• laravel
• webfox
• rea
• laravel-backed-enums
• reafeichtinger
• laravel-enums-plus

README

This package supercharges your PHP 8.1+ enums with superpowers like localization support and fluent comparison methods.

Installation

composer require reafeichtinger/laravel-enums-plus

Publishing the config

You might want to overwrite some default settings. You can pushlish the config for further editing with this command.

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=enums-plus-config

Creating a new enum class with the make:enum Command

Creating a new Laravel Enum is easy with the make:enum command.

Command:

php artisan make:enum-plus {name} --string # or --int

Arguments:

• {name}: The name of the enum class to be created (e.g., OrderStatus). The command will automatically append "Enum" to the name (e.g., OrderStatusEnum).
• {type?}: The underlying data type for the enum. Can be either --int --string or if not specified it will be a pure enum.
• {--force}: Overwrite the enum if it already exists. Example Usage:

To create an enum named OrderStatusEnum backed by integers:

php artisan make:enum OrderStatus --int

To create an enum named OrderStatusEnum backed by strings:

php artisan make:enum OrderStatus --string

To create a pure enum named OrderStatusEnum:

php artisan make:enum OrderStatus

This will generate an OrderStatusEnums in the app/Enums directory.

Upgrading your existing enums

The enum you create must implement the EnumPlus interface and also use the IsEnumPlus trait. The interface is required for Laravel to cast your enum correctly and the trait is what gives your enum its superpowers.

use Rea\LaravelEnumsPlus\EnumPlus;
use Rea\LaravelEnumsPlus\IsEnumPlus;

enum VolumeUnitEnum: string implements EnumPlus // Add this
{
    use IsEnumPlus; // Add this

    case MILLIGRAMS = "milligrams";
    case GRAMS = "grams";
    case KILOGRAMS = "kilograms";
    case TONNE = "tonne";
}

Enhance your enum class

Once you have your basic enum class you can enhance and customize it so it fits your project.

Enum value labels (Localization)

All translations support pluralization as well as placeholders but in some cases you cannot specify the count or the placeholders. In order to have control over the default values in this case you may define a defaultCount and defaultReplace method.

public function defaultCount(): int
{
    return 0; // Would be 1 by default
}

public function defaultReplace(): array
{
    return [
        'of' => "butter", // Would be an empty array by default
    ];
}

Translations directly in the enum

You can define translations directly inside of the enum class by adding a translation method:

public function translations(): array
{
    return [
        'en' => [
            self::GRAMS->value => ':count gram of :of|:count grams of :of',
            self::MILLIGRAMS->value => ':count milligram of :of|:count milligrams of :of',
            self::KILOGRAMS->value => ':count kilogram of :of|:count kilograms of :of',
            self::TONNE->value => ':count tonne of :of|:count tonnes of :of',
        ],
        'de' => [
            self::GRAMS->value => ':count Gram :Of|:count Gram :Of',
            self::MILLIGRAMS->value => ':count Milligram :Of|:count Milligram :Of',
            self::KILOGRAMS->value => ':count Kilogram :Of|:count Kilogram :Of',
            self::TONNE->value => ':count Tonne :Of|:count Tonnen :Of',
        ],
    ];
}

If you do not specify a translations method, it will fallback to the enums.php translation file.

Using laravel translations

Create enums.php lang file and create labels for your enum values.

Note: The path to the enum translations can be customized via the config file.

// resources/lang/en/enums.php

return [
     VolumeUnitEnum::class => [
        VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->value => "mg",
        VolumeUnitEnum::GRAMS->value      => "g",
        VolumeUnitEnum::KILOGRAMS->value  => "kg",
        VolumeUnitEnum::TONNE->value      => "t"
     ]
];

You may then access these localized values using the ->label(), ->trans(), ::labelFor() or ::transFor() methods.
Additionally rendering the enum in a blade template will render the label.

VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->label(); // "mg"
VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->trans(); // "mg"
VolumeUnitEnum::labelFor(VolumeUnitEnum::TONNE); // "t"
VolumeUnitEnum::transFor(VolumeUnitEnum::TONNE); // "t"
// in blade
{{ VolumeUnitEnum::KILOGRAMS }} // "kg" - Uses default count and replace values

If you do not specify a label in the lang file these methods will return the value assigned to the enum inside the enum file. e.g MILLIGRAMS label will be milligrams.

Meta data

Adding metadata allows you to return additional values alongside the label and values.

Create a withMeta method on your enum to add metadata.

public function withMeta(): array
{
    return match ($this) {
        self::MILLIGRAMS                => [
            'background_color' => 'bg-green-100',
            'text_color'       => 'text-green-800',
        ],
        self::GRAMS                     => [
            'background_color' => 'bg-red-100',
            'text_color'       => 'text-red-800',
        ],
        self::KILOGRAMS, self::TONNE    => [
            'background_color' => 'bg-gray-100',
            'text_color'       => 'text-gray-800',
        ],
        default                         => [
            'background_color' => 'bg-blue-100',
            'text_color'       => 'text-blue-800',
        ],
    };
}

If you do not specify a withMeta method, meta will be an empty array.

Alias

Adding aliases allows you to match additional values to an enum case.

Create a withAlias method on your enum to add them.

public function withAlias(): array
{
    return match ($this) {
        self::MILLIGRAMS    => ['mg'],
        self::GRAMS         => ['g'],
        self::KILOGRAMS     => ['kg'],
        self::TONNE         => ['t', 'ton'],
        default             => [],
    };
}

If you do not specify a withAlias method, meta will be an empty array.

Other methods

options()

Returns an array of all enum values with their labels and metadata.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::options();
VolumeUnitEnum::optionsC(); // For collection

returns

[
    [
        'name'  => 'MILLIGRAMS',
        'value' => 'milligrams',
        'label' => 'mg',
        'meta'  => [
            'background_color' => 'bg-green-100',
            'text_color'       => 'text-green-800',
        ],
        'alias' => [
            'mg',
        ]
    ],
    [
        'name'  => 'GRAMS',
        'value' => 'grams',
        'label' => 'g',
        'meta'  => [
            'background_color' => 'bg-red-100',
            'text_color'       => 'text-red-800',
        ],
        'alias' => [
            'g',
        ]
        ...
    ]
]

names()

Returns an array of all enum names.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::names();
VolumeUnitEnum::namesC(); // For collection

returns

[
    'MILLIGRAMS',
    'GRAMS',
    'KILOGRAMS',
    'TONNE',
]

values()

Returns an array of all enum values.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::values();
VolumeUnitEnum::valuesC(); // For collection

returns

[
    'milligrams',
    'grams',
    'killograms',
    'tonne',
]

labels()

Returns an array of all enum translations.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::labels();
VolumeUnitEnum::labelsC(); // For collection

returns

[
    'mg',
    'g',
    'kg',
    't',
]

dict()

Returns an array of all enum values mapping to their label.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::dict();
VolumeUnitEnum::dictC(); // For collection

returns

[
    'MILLIGRAMS' => 'mg',
    'GRAMS'      => 'g',
    'KILOGRAMS'  => 'kg',
    'TONNE'      => 't',
]

toArray() & toCollection()

Returns an array or collection of a single enum instance with its label, metadata and alias.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->toArray();
VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->toCollection(); // For collection

returns

[
    'name'  => 'MILLIGRAMS',
    'value' => 'milligrams',
    'label' => 'mg',
    'meta'  => [
        'color'      => 'bg-green-100',
        'text_color' => 'text-green-800',
    ],
]

toHtml()

An alias of ::label(). Used to satisfy Laravel's Htmlable interface.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->toHtml();

returns

mg

toJson()

Returns a json string represention of the toArray() return value.

is(), isA() and isAn()

Allows you to check if an enum is a given value. Returns a boolean.

Note isA, isAn are just aliases for is.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->is(VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS); // true
VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->is('MILLIGRAMS');               // true
VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->is('invalid');                  // false

isNot(), isNotA() and isNotAn()

Allows you to check if an enum is not a given value. Returns a boolean.

Note isNotA and isNotAn are just aliases for isNot.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->isNot(VolumeUnitEnum::GRAMS); // true
VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->isNot('GRAMS');               // true
VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->isNot('invalid');             // true
VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->isNot('MILLIGRAMS');          // false

isAny()

Allows you to check if an enum is contained in an array. Returns a boolean.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->isAny(['GRAMS', VolumeUnitEnum::TONNE]);                    // false
VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->isAny([VolumeUnitEnum::GRAMS, VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS]); // true

isNotAny()

Allows you to check if an enum is not contained in an array. Returns a boolean.

Usage

VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->isNotAny(['GRAMS', VolumeUnitEnum::TONNE]);                    // true
VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS->isNotAny([VolumeUnitEnum::GRAMS, VolumeUnitEnum::MILLIGRAMS]); // false

rule()

The enums may be validated using Laravel's standard Enum validation rule - new Illuminate\Validation\Rules\Enum(VolumeUnitEnum::class).
This method a shortcut for the validation rule. It supports specifying excluded cases.

Usage

public function rules(): array
{
    return [
        'volume_unit' => [VolumeUnitEnum::rule()],
    ];
}

matches()

Find all matches and their respective levenshtein distance for a given input string. Can be used to determine what case is the closest match to the input string.

VolumeUnitEnum::matches('ton');

returns

[
    [
        'case' => VolumeUnitEnum::TONNE,
        'distance' => 2,
    ],
]

parse()

Allows parsing any string value or enum instance to an enum instance. This method makes use of the matches() method in order to find the case with the closest distance. It also takes into account all defined alias().

TODO

returns

TODO

select()

Highly customizable method to get data for select components.

/**
* Parse this enums values into a valid format for select components.
*
* @param  null|string|self|array|Collection  $selected  The currently selected case(s).
* @param  null|string|self|array|Collection  $exclude  What enum case(s) should not be included.
* @param  null|string|Closure  $translation  When null the label() method is used. When a string, it uses the string value as a base translation path. When a closure, the result of the closure will be used.
* @param  string[]|Closure[]  $columns  Any additional columns to add to the result. Strings can be method or property names on the enum, closures will be called and the return value is used.
*/
public static function select(
    null|string|self|array|Collection $selected = null, 
    null|string|self|array|Collection $exclude = null, 
    null|string|Closure $translation = null, 
    string|Closure ...$columns): array

The $selected parameter determines which value(s) are currently selected. For a single select this is the case value of the enum instance. For a multiselect it is an array of case values of the enum instance.

The $exclude parameter should be either null, a string or enum instance or an array or collection of those. The provided case(s) will not be included in the result.

The $translation parameter is either a string referring to a method or property on the enum instance or a closure that gets the current string case and returns the actual string that should be used as the label. By default it will load the label() of the each enum case.

The $columns parameters are either strings referring to a method or property on the enum instance, or closures that should additionally be included in the resulting array data.

Other Classes

AsFullEnumCollection

This cast is similar to the Laravel built in AsEnumCollection cast but unlike the built-in will maintain the full toArray structure when converting to json.

E.g. the Laravel built in AsEnumCollection cast will return the following json:

[
    "MILLIGRAMS",
    "GRAMS"
]

This cast will return

[
    {
        "name": "MILLIGRAMS",
        "value": "MILLIGRAMS",
        "label": "mg",
        "meta": {
            "background_color": "bg-green-100",
            "text_color": "text-green-800"
        },
        "alias": [
            "mg"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "GRAMS",
        "value": "GRAMS",
        "label": "g",
        "meta": {
            "background_color": "bg-red-100",
            "text_color": "text-red-800"
        },
        "alias": [
            "g"
        ],
    }
]

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

This project was forked from version v2.6.1 of the foxbytehq/laravel-backed-enums repository, you might want to contribute to or use the base rather than the heavily cusomized version from me.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.