Level 60
via a getter
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Level 3
How To Acess protected in model?
How can I access a protected variable in model from controller ? My model looks like this
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Employee extends Model
{
use HasFactory;
protected $guarded = [];
protected $statuses = ['Complte', 'Pending', 'Failed', 'Processing'];
protected $shift_types = ['Day','Night', 'Holiday'];
}
Level 104
Make a getter:
public function getStatuses()
{
return $this->statuses;
}
public function getShiftTypes()
{
return $this->shift_types;
}
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Level 63
I think that it's like a private property, but visible in all classes that inherit from this one.
If you need to access one of those properties, you have to create an accessor in the model.
// Model
public function getShiftTypes()
{
return $this->shift_types;
}
...
// In the controller
$employee = new Employee;
$types = $employee->getShiftTypes();
Level 104
@vincent15000 that's not an accessor; it is a getter. An Accessor has a very particular method naming convention; and also receives an existing attribute value if it the name matches.
@kris01 what did you not like about the earlier answers; you know the correct ones?
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Level 3
@tykus Is there a better way to access it in the controller other than @vincent15000 way?
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Level 104
@Kris01 why do you need to access this protected data in a Controller action? Are you missing an Enum class from your application perhaps?
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Level 3
@tykus Instead of creating a 'statuses' table I just added them as variables in the model
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Level 104
@Kris01 who said anything about a statuses table; you can define an Enum class for these status values instead.
https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.enumerations.basics.php
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Level 3
@tykus how would I do that in the model in laravel
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Level 104
Level 63
@tykus Yes that's true, sorry for this error.
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