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norse-blue/parentity
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Parentity is a package that allows the use of MTI entities in Laravel 5.7+ using Eloquent models.

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Parentity
=========

[](#parentity)

Parentity is a package that allows the use of MTI (Multi-Table Inheritance) entities in Laravel 5.7+ using Eloquent models.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require "norse-blue/parentity"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Create parent model table with the following fields:

    ```
    $table->string('entity_type')->nullable();
    $table->unsignedInteger('entity_id')->nullable();
    ```

    *Note: Use the proper id type for your child models (unsignedInteger, unsignedBigInteger, ...).*
2. Create parent model that extends `Models` and uses `IsMtiParentModel`trait:

    ```