Mint for Laravel

A collection of traits, macros and other helpers to keep your Laravel app feeling fresh.

Installation

composer require yabhq/laravel-mint

Archivable

Allow for models to be archived or unarchived based on an "archived_at" field on the database table. A global scope automatically excludes archived records when querying your model.

use Yab\Mint\Traits\Archivable;

class Example extends Model
{
    use Archivable;
}

$example->archive();
$example->unarchive();

Example::query(); // Will exclude archived items...
Example::withArchived(); // With archived items included...

Immutable

Models which are marked as "immutable" will throw an ImmutableDataException if updated or deleted (but not created).

use Yab\Mint\Traits\Immutable;

class Example extends Model
{
    use Immutable;
}

// No problem
$example = Example::create([
    'field' => 'value'
]);

// Throws an exception...
$example->update([
    'field' => 'updated'
]);

You can also customize the conditions under which a model is immutable by overriding the isImmutable() function on your model:

public function isImmutable()
{
    return $this->status === 'closed';
}

UUID Models

Easily use UUIDs for your model's primary key by leveraging the UuidModel trait:

use Yab\Mint\Traits\UuidModel;

class Example extends Model
{
    use UuidModel;
}

If you would like to customize the name of the UUID column, simply add the getUuidColumnName function in your model class:

public static function getUuidColumnName(): string
{
    return 'my_column_name';
}

Money Cast

A custom cast for storing monetary values as cents in the database while fetching them as decimal values.

use Yab\Mint\Casts\Money;

class Example extends Model
{
    protected $casts = [
        'price' => Money::class,
    ];
}

Slugify

Create slugs that are unique and never collide with each other.

use Yab\Mint\Trails\Slugify;

class Example extends Model
{
    use Slugify
}

By default the Slugify trait uses the name property on your model. You can change this behaviour by overriding the getSlugKeyName method on your model.

public static function getSlugKeyName(): string
{
    return 'title';
}

Avatars

The HasAvatar trait allows you to easily support avatars for your users. It even has a built-in Gravatar fallback!

use Yab\Mint\Trails\HasAvatar;

class User extends Model
{
    use HasAvatar;
}

You can customize the database field used to retrieve the profile images:

public function getAvatarField() : string
{
    return 'profile_picture';
}

It is also possible to determine which field is used for the Gravatar email address:

public function getEmailField(): string
{
    return 'email';
}