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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. jlopezcur/metable ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) jlopezcur/metable ================= Access model meta data as if it was a property on your model (Fork based on the work of https://github.com/Azirius/hasmeta) for Laravel 5 v0.1.4(10y ago)121MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0 Since Oct 15Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/jlopezcur/metable)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/jlopezcur/metable)[ Docs](https://github.com/jlopezcur/metable)[ RSS](/packages/jlopezcur-metable/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (1)Versions (6)Used By (0) Metable ======= [](#metable) A Laravel trait to access model meta data as if it was a property on your model (Fork based on the work of ) for Laravel 5 Installation ============ [](#installation) Run `composer require jlopezcur/metable 0.1.*` or add `"jlopezcur/metable": "0.1.*"` to your `composer.json` file In the Model that you want to utilise `Metable` add the following properties ``` use Jlopezcur\Metable\MetableTrait; protected $meta_model = 'ModelName'; // the name of your meta data model protected $meta_foreign_key = 'user_id'; // the foreign key of your main model protected $meta_primary_key = 'meta_id'; // the primary key of you meta data model protected $meta_key_name = 'dataName'; // the column name that stores your meta data key name protected $meta_value_name = 'dataValue'; // the column name that stores your meta data value ``` Real World Example ================== [](#real-world-example) Nothing like a simple example to explain things ### Setup [](#setup) `users` table idemailpassword1ADpQeKh$2y$10$0dh/BerzTrEOBhu4SR3w052pQeKhrzTrEOBhu$2y$10$0dh/BeAD4SR3w053ADpQeKhrzTrEOBhu4SR3w05$2y$10$0dh/Be4BeADpQeKhrzTrEO$2y$10$0dh/Bhu4SR3w055DpQeKhrzTrEOBhu4SR3w05$2y$10$0dh/BeA`users_meta` table iduser\_idmeta\_namemeta\_value11first\_nameJohn21surnameRoberts31age2041genderMale52first\_nameSteven62surnameWatson72age3582genderMale93first\_nameSam103surnameFaddy113age30123genderFemale134first\_nameBen144surnameProkop154age32164genderMale175first\_nameJo185surnameBlair195age31205genderFemale`User.php` model ``` class User extends Eloquent { use Jlopezcur\Metable\MetableTrait; protected $meta_model = 'UserMeta'; protected $meta_foreign_key = 'user_id'; protected $meta_primary_key = 'id'; protected $meta_key_name = 'meta_name'; protected $meta_value_name = 'meta_value'; /** * The database table used by the model. * * @var string */ protected $table = 'users'; /** * The primary key on the table * * @var string */ protected $primaryKey = 'id'; // ... } ``` `UserMeta.php` model ``` class UserMeta extends Eloquent { /** * The database table used by the model. * * @var string */ protected $table = 'users_meta'; /** * The primary key on the table * * @var string */ protected $primaryKey = 'id'; // ... } ``` ### Usage [](#usage) Now we can simply do this for getting meta data... ``` $user = User::find(1); echo $user->gender; // Will output 'Male' ``` We can save meta data easily too... ``` $user = User::find(1); $user->gender = 'Female'; $user->save(); ``` Delete meta... ``` $user = User::find(1); $user->gender = null; $user->save(); ``` New meta... ``` $user = User::find(1); $user->anything_you_want = 'some lovely value'; $user->save(); ``` Mass assignment... ``` $user = User::find(1); $user->fill($request->input())->save(); $user->save(); ``` For mass assignment Remember add in your model... ``` protected $guarded = array(); ``` ### Health Score 25 — LowBetter than 37% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity52 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 82.1% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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