Forum Change attribute value in Eloquent

posted 8 years ago

My example:

    $photo = Photo::with([
        'owner' => function ($query) {

            $query->select(['id', 'nick_name']);
        }
    ])
        ->where('fid', $photoID)
        ->select(['fid', 'member_id', 'filename', 'album_id', 'description', 'added_timestamp'])
        ->firstOrFail();

    // Convert created date timestamp to a readable time
    $photo->added_timestamp = $this->unixTimestampToTime($photo->added_timestamp);

It works, but can i have $photo->added_timestamp already changed by some method in eloquent?

Something like accessor method in model, but it's not good because i need change this attribute in each controller method differently.

Maybe it exists some cleaner way for this

Last updated 3 years ago.

jamesa1

replied 8 years ago

If you need to change the attribute in each controller method differently, then I would probably stick with the accessor method in the model, since you will need to convert added_timestamp to the format to whatever you want. Then you could convert the added_timestamp attribute based on a parameter sent to the accessor method.