Top Laravel Eloquent Features You May Not Know.

 

1. Check if Model changed

You must keep look or identify if the model has been updated using isDirty()

$user = App\User::first();

$user->isDirty(); //false

$user->name = “Peter”;

$user->isDirty(); //true

If the individual attribute has been changed, you can also check.

$user->isDirty(‘name’); //true

$user->isDirty(‘age’); //false

2. Get original attributes

Once you develop the eloquent record and if you need original attributes, Just call getOriginal()

$user = App\User::first();

$user->name; //John

$user->name = “Peter”; //Peter

$user->getOriginal(‘name’); //John

$user->getOriginal(); //Original $user record

3. Get changed attributes

If you want to undo the changed attributes of a model, do it by using getChanges()

$user->getChanges()

//[

“name” => “Peter”,

]

Note: Here you need to keep in mind that, you will only get changes back if you save it or sync the changes with syncChanges()

4. Custom deleted_at column

In Laravel, the default deleted_at column is used for deleting, if you wish to change it, you need to define the DELETED_AT property.

class User extends Model

{

use SoftDeletes;

* The name of the “deleted at” column.

*

* @var string

*/

const DELETED_AT = ‘is_deleted’;

}

Or by defining an accessor.

class User extends Model

{

use SoftDeletes;

public function getDeletedAtColumn()

{

return ‘is_deleted’;

}

}

5. Save relationships and models

By using the push() method, you can save the relationships and models.

class User extends Model

{

public function phone()

{

return $this->hasOne(‘App\Phone’);

}

}

$user = User::first();

$user->name = “Peter”;

$user->phone->number = ‘1234567890’;

$user->push(); // This will update both user and phone record in DB

6. Reload fresh model

By using fresh(), you can Reload a fresh model

$user = App\User::first();

$user->name; // John

// user record get updated by another thread. eg: ‘name’ changed to // Peter.

$updatedUser = $user->fresh();

$updatedUser->name; // Peter

$user->name; // John

7. Reload existing model

By using the refresh(), we can reload existing models along with fresh value.

$user = App\User::first();

$user->name; // John

// user record get updated by another thread. eg: ‘name’ changed to // Peter.

$user->refresh();

$user->name; // Peter

8. Check if models are the same

You can identify if the models are same by using is()

$user = App\User::find(1);

$sameUser = App\User::find(1);

$diffUser = App\User::find(2);

$user->is($sameUser); // true

$user->is($diffUser); // false

9. Clone a model

With replicate(), you can clone a model. It helps you to create a copy and non-existing model instance.

$user = App\User::find(1);

$newUser = $user->replicate();

$newUser->save();

10. Specify attributes in find() method

Use find() or findOrFail() methods, to identify the attributes for selecting the second argument.

$user = App\User::find(1, [‘name’, ‘age’]);

$user = App\User::findOrFail(1, [‘name’, ‘age’]);

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