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[Database & ORM](/categories/database) 4. / 5. renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts ActiveLibrary[Database & ORM](/categories/database) renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts ============================== Laravel Useful Casts is a simple package for Laravel 7.0+ that comes with already-tested and already-written, useful casts for Eloquent models. 2.2.0(3y ago)103.6k1[1 PRs](https://github.com/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts/pulls)1Apache-2.0PHPCI passing Since Oct 21Pushed 3w ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts)[ Docs](https://github.com/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/rennokki)[ RSS](/packages/renoki-co-laravel-useful-casts/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2d ago READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (7)Versions (11)Used By (1) Laravel Useful Casts ==================== [](#laravel-useful-casts) [![CI](https://github.com/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=master)[![codecov](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e759751f51dba21f4cdc7af49b137ab1ab2baae4bef1fee074c36e703c14cda1/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636f762e696f2f67682f72656e6f6b692d636f2f6c61726176656c2d75736566756c2d63617374732f6272616e63682f6d61737465722f67726170682f62616467652e737667)](https://codecov.io/gh/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts/branch/master)[![StyleCI](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/482b2095aafa8be15ab8f4cc4f0b0cbaad57c039934a4b80baf64c34049a88ed/68747470733a2f2f6769746875622e7374796c6563692e696f2f7265706f732f3330323732333931302f736869656c643f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://github.styleci.io/repos/302723910)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/27a94495ed9da090eaf050d47aa119796ae6cf97f3a8037879e4c13cd2bb416e/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f72656e6f6b692d636f2f6c61726176656c2d75736566756c2d63617374732f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9a1a2c8f961e2090fcce4fe3ee72941336587ddbfb78cc832170f5c4027a6f38/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f72656e6f6b692d636f2f6c61726176656c2d75736566756c2d63617374732f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts)[![Monthly Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0e6da6a51808d703400269efa628b5974cf704f37216030c522e78de1e6ac0ae/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f72656e6f6b692d636f2f6c61726176656c2d75736566756c2d63617374732f642f6d6f6e74686c79)](https://packagist.org/packages/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bd0891a68d42f5acf08e0bb10ffa993feabff6f3624ca6a331174dbc83fdb499/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f72656e6f6b692d636f2f6c61726176656c2d75736566756c2d63617374732f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts) Laravel Useful Casts is a simple package for Laravel 7.0+ that comes with already-tested and already-written, useful casts for Eloquent models. 🤝 Supporting ------------ [](#-supporting) **If you are using one or more Renoki Co. open-source packages in your production apps, in presentation demos, hobby projects, school projects or so, sponsor our work with [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/rennokki). 📦** [![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4394558e5dd210fe3b08775f3ed97462b849e77804d441c8ed05a9bf75342058/68747470733a2f2f6769746875622d636f6e74656e742e73332e66722d7061722e7363772e636c6f75642f7374617469632f32362e6a7067)](https://github-content.renoki.org/github-repo/26) 🚀 Installation -------------- [](#-installation) You can install the package via composer: ``` composer require renoki-co/laravel-useful-casts ``` 🙌 Usage ------- [](#-usage) ``` use RenokiCo\UsefulCasts\Casts\Encrypted; class User extends Model { protected $casts = [ 'ssn' => Encrypted::class, ]; } // 'ssn' value gets encrypted in the database. $user->update(['ssn' => '12345678']); ``` Available Casts --------------- [](#available-casts) Cast classPurpose`RenokiCo\UsefulCasts\Casts\Encrypted::class`Encrypts and decrypts a value from the database`RenokiCo\UsefulCasts\Casts\Arrayed::class`Serializes and unserialies an array. If the value is null, returns an empty array.`RenokiCo\UsefulCasts\Casts\EncryptedArray::class`Encrypts and decrypts a value from the database, making sure it's always an array, even if the value is set or get as `null`🐛 Testing --------- [](#-testing) ``` vendor/bin/phpunit ``` 🤝 Contributing -------------- [](#-contributing) Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. 🔒 Security ---------- [](#--security) If you discover any security related issues, please email instead of using the issue tracker. 🎉 Credits --------- [](#-credits) - [Alex Renoki](https://github.com/rennokki) - [All Contributors](../../contributors) ### Health Score 43 — FairBetter than 91% of packages Maintenance62 Regular maintenance activity Popularity24 Limited adoption so far Community15 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity60 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 56.4% 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 ~180 days Recently: every ~218 days Total 6 Last Release 1125d ago Major Versions 1.1.1 → 2.0.02021-04-17 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21983456?v=4)[rennokki](/maintainers/rennokki)[@rennokki](https://github.com/rennokki) --- Top Contributors [![rennokki](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21983456?v=4)](https://github.com/rennokki "rennokki (62 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (42 commits)")[![laravel-shift](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15991828?v=4)](https://github.com/laravel-shift "laravel-shift (5 commits)")[![dependabot-preview[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2141?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot-preview[bot] "dependabot-preview[bot] (1 commits)") --- Tags castsdatabaseeloquenteloquent-modelslaravellaravel-packageormphpphplaravelcastcasts ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/renoki-co-laravel-useful-casts/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/renoki-co-laravel-useful-casts/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/renoki-co-laravel-useful-casts) ``` ### Alternatives [watson/validating Eloquent model validating trait. 9723.3M47](/packages/watson-validating)[dyrynda/laravel-model-uuid This package allows you to easily work with UUIDs in your Laravel models. 4802.8M8](/packages/dyrynda-laravel-model-uuid)[io238/laravel-iso-countries Ready-to-use Laravel models and relations for country (ISO 3166), language (ISO 639-1), and currency (ISO 4217) information with multi-language support. 5462.3k](/packages/io238-laravel-iso-countries)[spiritix/lada-cache A Redis based, automated and scalable database caching layer for Laravel 591444.8k2](/packages/spiritix-lada-cache)[clickbar/laravel-magellan This package provides functionality for working with the postgis extension in Laravel. 423715.4k1](/packages/clickbar-laravel-magellan)[reedware/laravel-relation-joins Adds the ability to join on a relationship by name. 2121.2M13](/packages/reedware-laravel-relation-joins) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)