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arkitecht/laravel-nullable
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Laravel 5 - Add nullable columns to models

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Laravel Nullable
================

[](#laravel-nullable)

Easily set model columns as nullable - to send null on insert and update when empty. For use when using foreign key, nullable, columns.

Quick Installation
------------------

[](#quick-installation)

You can install the package most easily through composer

```
composer require arkitecht/laravel-nullable

```

Using it in your model
----------------------

[](#using-it-in-your-model)

Use the `$nullable` variable to define the nullable columns in your model. These will send null to the database when empty, rather than an empty string.

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 74% of packages

Maintenance34

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~504 days

Recently: every ~337 days

Total

7

Last Release

669d ago

Major Versions

1.1 → 2.02020-10-27

2.1 → 3.02022-11-04

3.0 → 5.02023-06-20

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![Arkitecht](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66117?v=4)](https://github.com/Arkitecht "Arkitecht (9 commits)")

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Tags

laraveldatabasemodelnullablearkitechtforeign

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