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schulzefelix/laravel-data-transfer-object
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Data Transfer Objects with Attribute Casting and Date Mutators.

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Laravel Data Transfer Objects
=============================

[](#laravel-data-transfer-objects)

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Brings Laravel Attribute Casting and Date Mutators to objects.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require schulzefelix/laravel-data-transfer-object
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Accessors & Mutators](#accessors-and-mutators)
    - [Defining An Accessor](#defining-an-accessor)
    - [Defining A Mutator](#defining-a-mutator)
- [Date Mutators](#date-mutators)
- [Attribute Casting](#attribute-casting)
- [Serializing Objects & Collections](#serializing-objects-and-collections)
    - [Serializing To Arrays](#serializing-to-arrays)
    - [Serializing To JSON](#serializing-to-json)

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

[](#introduction)

Accessors and mutators allow you to format attribute values when you retrieve or set them on object instances.

In addition to custom accessors and mutators, it can also automatically cast date fields to [Carbon](https://github.com/briannesbitt/Carbon) instances.

Accessors & Mutators
------------------------

[](#accessors--mutators)

### Defining An Accessor

[](#defining-an-accessor)

To define an accessor, create a `getFooAttribute` method on your object where `Foo` is the "studly" cased name of the column you wish to access. In this example, we'll define an accessor for the `first_name` attribute. The accessor will automatically be called when attempting to retrieve the value of the `slug` attribute:

```