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dex/anything
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It can be anything

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Anything
========

[](#anything)

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You always need to create auxiliary tables in your database to store few records just to have good database normalization, with `anything` package this will finish.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require dex/anything
```

Now, you can create any virtual/logical model using `Anything` model or extended it.

### Belongs to relation

[](#belongs-to-relation)

Suppose you have a `Person` model that have a `belongsTo` relation with `Gender`, `Race` and `Religion` model, you should have something like this for you models using 4 database tables.

```
class Person extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'person';

    public function gender(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Gender::class);
    }

    public function race(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Race::class);
    }

    public function religion(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Religion::class);
    }
}

class Gender extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'gender';
}

class Race extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'race';
}

class Religion extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'religion';
}
```

For each model you will have a database table.

But using `Anything` model you will have just 2 database tables.

```
class Person extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'person';

    public function gender(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Gender::class);
    }

    public function race(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Race::class);
    }

    public function religion(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Religion::class);
    }
}

class Gender extends Anything
{
}

class Race extends Anything
{
}

class Religion extends Anything
{
}
```

And you still have access through Eloquent relationships normally

```
$person = Person::factory()->create();

$person->gender->label; // Ex.: Female
$person->race->label; // Ex.: Black
$person->religion->label; // Ex.: Atheist
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Eder Soares](https://github.com/edersoares)
- [Edinei Valdameri](https://github.com/edineivaldameri)
- [Robert Ferraz de Sousa](https://github.com/robertfsousa)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance60

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity18

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71.9% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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