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sfneal/casts
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An alternative implementation of the Eloquent Model accessors & mutators pattern for type casting attributes

2.0.0(2y ago)060.2k[2 PRs](https://github.com/sfneal/casts/pulls)1MITPHPPHP ^8.0|^8.1|^8.2|^8.3CI passing

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Casts
=====

[](#casts)

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An alternative implementation of the Eloquent Model accessors & mutators pattern for type casting attributes

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require sfneal/casts
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In order to make use of the attribute type Casts add the `HasCustomCasts` trait to your model before definition attributes that should be cast to custom types.

```
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Sfneal\Casts\CarbonCast;
use Sfneal\Casts\NewlineCast;
use Sfneal\Casts\NullableIntArrayCast;
use Sfneal\LaravelCustomCasts\HasCustomCasts;

class People extends Model
{
    use HasCustomCasts;

    protected $table = 'people';
    protected $primaryKey = 'person_id';

    protected $fillable = [
        'person_id',
        'name_first',
        'name_last',
        'email',
        'birthday',
        'bio',
        'favorites',
    ];

    /**
     * @var array Attributes that should be type cast
     */
    protected $casts = [
        'birthday' => CarbonCast::class,
        'bio' => NewlineCast::class,
        'favorites' => NullableIntArrayCast::class,
    ];
}
```

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

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)

- [Stephen Neal](https://github.com/sfneal)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

PHP Package Boilerplate
-----------------------

[](#php-package-boilerplate)

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###  Health Score

45

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance52

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.1% 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 ~103 days

Recently: every ~292 days

Total

14

Last Release

762d ago

Major Versions

0.5.0 → 1.0.02021-02-01

1.2.0 → 2.0.02024-04-16

PHP version history (6 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.1

0.2.0PHP ^7.0

0.2.2PHP >=7.0

0.4.0PHP >=7.1

0.5.0PHP >=7.3

2.0.0PHP ^8.0|^8.1|^8.2|^8.3

### Community

Maintainers

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