Enum Model Attribute Casting in Laravel 9 Example

Steps for Enum Model Attribute Casting in Laravel 9 Example:

Step 1: Installing fresh new Laravel 9 Application
Step 2: Creating Database and Migration
Step 3: Creating Enum Class
Step 4: Creating Model
Step 5: Creating Route
Step 6: Creating Controller
Step 7: Testing
Step 8: Conclusion

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Step 1: Installing fresh new Laravel 9 Application

First, We are going to install a fresh new laravel 9 application. To install a laravel 9 application run the following command in terminal.

composer create-project laravel/laravel enum-app

cd enum-app

Note: “enum-app” is the laravel 9 application name.

Step 2: Creating Database and Migration

Now we are going to create a database. Open phpmyadmin and create a new database with name enum-app.

Enter the database details to .env as shown in below code.

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=enum-app
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Now we are going to create products migration with name, body and status columns. To create a migration run the following command in terminal.

php artisan make:migration create_products_table

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Now, Open the products migration file which we can be found inside database/migrations folder and update the following code

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
  
return new class extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('products', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('name');
            $table->text('body');
            $table->string('status')->default('pending');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }
  
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('products');
    }
};

Now run the migration to create a products table.

php artisan migrate

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Step 3: Creating Enum Class

In this step we are going to create ProductStatusEnum.php class inside app/Enums/ folder and enter the following code.

<?php
  
namespace App\Enums;
 
enum ProductStatusEnum:string {
    case Pending = 'pending';
    case Active = 'active';
    case Inactive = 'inactive';
    case Rejected = 'rejected';
}

Step 4: Creating Model

In this step, We are going to create Product.php model with casting. To create a Product.php enter the following code in terminal.

php artisan make:model Product

and update the following code of app/Models/Product.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Models;
  
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use App\Enums\ProductStatusEnum;
  
class Product extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
  
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'body', 'status'
    ];
  
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    protected $casts = [
        'status' => ProductStatusEnum::class
    ];
}

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Step 5: Creating Route

So now, we are going to create a route for our application. Open routes/web.php and add the following route as show below.

<?php
 
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\ProductController;
   
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
     
Route::get('product-test', [ProductController::class, 'index']);

Step 6: Creating Controller

In our last step, we are going to create a ProductController.php file inside app/Http/Controller/ and update the following as show below.

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Product;
  
class ProductController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $input = [
            'name' => 'Gold',
            'body' => 'This is a Gold',
            'status' => ProductStatusEnum::Active
        ];
  
        $product = Product::create($input);
  
        dd($product->status, $product->status->value);
  
    }
}

Step 7: Testing

So now, Its time to test our application. To start a laravel server run the following code in terminal.

php artisan serve

and enter the following URL in any web browser.

http://127.0.0.1:8000/product-test

You can see database output and print variable output:

Database Output:

**Enum Model Attribute Casting in Laravel 9 Example**

Output:

App\Enums\ProductStatusEnum {#1250 
  name: "Active"
  value: "active"
}

active

Step 8: Conclusion

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