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coder-at-heart/object-models
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Add schema, control and cast php json as objects and arrays for Laravel projects

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A handy way to define, use and convert object and arrays to json
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[](#a-handy-way-to-define-use-and-convert-object-and-arrays-to-json)

This Laravel package:

- Provides a fluent way to define structure / schema over objects
- Allows you to validate those objects in a consistent way
- Easily cast eloquent json attributes to objectModels for easy handling
- Reduces the number of meta tables in your app

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This package requires

- PHP 8.1 and
- Laravel 8.0 or higher (including 10).

Installation
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[](#installation)

Install it:

```
composer require coder-at-heart/object-models
```

Defining ObjectModels
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[](#defining-objectmodels)

Extend the ObjectModel class and extend override the `properties()` method

I usually create an `app/ObjectModels` folder to store my models

Here's an example from the tests folder:

```