Level 8
The User model is part of your app. Why wouldn't you just edit it?
Alternatively, perhaps a Macro would work instead?
Jun 18, 2018
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Level 11
Override existing class by binding
Hello,
I'm thinking of a way to implement plugin system in my project. What I want to accomplish is being able to customize eloquent model for example. Let's say I have plugin called UserRoles and I want to add customRoles method to my user model without actual modification of source code.
My first thought was to bind:
$this->app->bind(\App\User::class, CustomUser::class);
However everytime I'd like to use my User class I'd have to get it from container since this won't work:
use App\User;
...
$user = new User;
$user->customRoles();
while this will work:
use App\User;
...
$user = app(User::class);
$user->customRoles();
Is there better approach of doing this? I'd have to take care of existing code like AuthController too.
Level 67
You might need to specify the user model to use in the /config/auth.php config file.
The default is
'providers' => [
'users' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\User::class,
],
// 'users' => [
// 'driver' => 'database',
// 'table' => 'users',
// ],
],
But I agree with @NickVahalik Just edit the existing User class itself. It's not a vendor file and is meant to be changed to how you need.
Level 11
User model is just an example. I will have base application which I want to make customizable by plugins without touching core files. Another idea crossed my mind:
class ExtendableModel extends Model
{
/**
* @var array
*/
protected static $extendedFillable = [];
/**
* @return array
*/
public function getFillable()
{
return array_merge($this->fillable, self::$extendedFillable);
}
/**
* @param string $fieldName
*
* @return $this
*/
public function addFillable($fieldName)
{
if (in_array($fieldName, self::$extendedFillable)) {
return $this;
}
self::$extendedFillable[] = $fieldName;
return $this;
}
}
class User extends ExtendableModel
Then I could bootstrap my extension with
app(\App\User::class)
->addFillable('role');
This allows me to add some fillable field, but I could use this idea to add closures too.
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