Calling setHidden from outside model does not limit attributes?

replied 10 years ago

I think the answer may be in how the all() function is called

/**
 * Get all of the models from the database.
 *
 * @param array $columns
 * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection|static[]
 */
public static function all($columns = array('*'))
{
    $instance = new static;
    return $instance->newQuery()->get($columns);
}

setHidden() will set the $hidden attribute for the current instance, but all() will call a new static instance to grab from the database. Try toArray(), which should work with the $obj itself. You could also try to save the object before calling all().

Let me know if this helps!

Last updated 2 years ago.

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relexed

replied 10 years ago

Solution

Thanks for thinking with me ;-)

toArray didn't do it for me..

Ended up choosing the following: (altered from an old forum post: http://forumsarchive.laravel.io/viewtopic.php?id=8268)

$results = \Company::all()->each(function($row)
{
    $row->setHidden(['profile', 'description']);
});
return $results;

Which yielded the result I was looking for, at the expense of a loop over the results. but since I probably have one or two other functions to parse the results thru, this will do quite nicely.

Last updated 2 years ago.

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jlaswell

replied 10 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you figured something out! Make sure to mark your own answer as the resolution for future lurkers too.

Last updated 2 years ago.

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