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valeryq/dto
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Laravel array formatter similarity DTO

1.0.0(11y ago)115PHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jan 15Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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\#Laravel array formatter similarity DTO#

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

[](#introduction)

Laravel can serialize EloquentModel or EloquentCollection to array, but it can't get only certain data (for example: return JSON from controller). DTO can return to response only certain data large nested.

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

[](#installation)

Require this package in your `composer.json` and update composer. This will download the package.

```
"valeryq/dto": "1.0.0"
```

After updating composer, add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in `app/config/app.php`

```
'Valeryq\DTO\DTOServiceProvider',
```

You can use the facade for shorter code. Add this to your aliases:

```
'DTO' => 'Valeryq\DTO\DTOFacade',
```

How it use
----------

[](#how-it-use)

**Eloquent model example:**

```
class UserController extends \BaseController
{
    public function getUser()
    {
        $user = UserModel::find(1);

        return DTO::make($user)->only(['id', 'firstname']);

        or

        return DTO::make($user)->except(['lastname']);
    }
}
```

**Eloquent collection example:**

```
class UserController extends \BaseController
{
    public function getUser()
    {
        $user = UserModel::where('firstname', 'Test')->get();

        return DTO::make($user)->only(['id', 'firstname']);

        or

        return DTO::make($user)->except(['lastname']);
    }
}
```

**Nested objects:**

```
class UserController extends \BaseController
{
    public function getUser()
    {
        $user = UserModel::with('posts')->find(1);

        return DTO::make($user)->only(['id', 'firstname', 'posts.id', 'posts.body']);

        or

        return DTO::make($user)->except(['lastname', 'posts.body']);
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4141d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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