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novius/laravel-json-casted
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A package to cast json fields, each sub-keys is castable

1.3.0(3mo ago)06.1k↓57.5%3AGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=8.2CI passing

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Laravel Json Casted
===================

[](#laravel-json-casted)

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

A package to cast json fields, each sub-keys is castable

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 8.2
- Laravel >= 10.0

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require novius/laravel-json-casted
```

If you use [laravel-ide-helper](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/tree/master?tab=readme-ov-file#automatic-phpdocs-for-models), add `ModelHasJsonWithCastsHook` in its configuration file :

```
    'model_hooks' => [
        // ...
        \Novius\LaravelJsonCasted\Hooks\ModelHasJsonWithCastsHook::class,
    ],
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Define casts by a method

[](#define-casts-by-a-method)

```
namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Novius\LaravelJsonCasted\Services\JsonCasted;

class Post extends Model {

    protected $casts = [
        'extras' => JsonCasted::class.':getExtrasCasts',
    ];

    public function getExtrasCasts(): array
    {
        return [
            'date' => 'date:Y-m-d',
        ];
    }
}
```

### Define casts by a class

[](#define-casts-by-a-class)

```
namespace App\Casts;

use Novius\LaravelJsonCasted\Services\JsonCasted;

class Extras extends JsonCasted {

    protected static array $casts = [
        'date' => 'date:Y-m-d',
    ];
}
```

```
namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use App\Casts\Extras;

class Post extends Model {

    protected $casts = [
        'extras' => Extras::class,
    ];
}
```

### Use casted field

[](#use-casted-field)

```
    $model = Post::first();
    // $model->extras is now a Fluent instance
    // $model->extras->date is a now Carbon class
    $model->extras->date->lt(now());
```

CS Fixer
--------

[](#cs-fixer)

Lint your code with Laravel Pint using:

```
composer run cs-fix
```

Licence
-------

[](#licence)

This package is under [GNU Affero General Public License v3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html) or (at your option) any later version.

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance85

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~117 days

Total

5

Last Release

100d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/341860?v=4)[Novius](/maintainers/novius)[@novius](https://github.com/novius)

---

Top Contributors

[![felixgilles](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/900854?v=4)](https://github.com/felixgilles "felixgilles (16 commits)")

---

Tags

jsonlaraveleloquentcast

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