Learn About the Changes to Model Casts in Laravel 11

There is one more change in Laravel 11: Casts have been changed to work like functions. https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/releases#model-cast-improvements So you ca

GGAMI·2024-03-16

There is one more change in Laravel 11:

Casts have been changed to work like functions.

Model Casts Improvements
Model casts improvements were contributed by Nuno Maduro.

Laravel 11 supports defining your model's casts using a method instead of a property. This allows for streamlined, fluent cast definitions, especially when using casts with arguments:

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https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/releases#model-cast-improvements

/**
 * Get the attributes that should be cast.
 *
 * @return array<string, string>
 */
protected function casts(): array
{
    return [
        'options' => AsCollection::using(OptionCollection::class),
                  // AsEncryptedCollection::using(OptionCollection::class),
                  // AsEnumArrayObject::using(OptionEnum::class),
                  // AsEnumCollection::using(OptionEnum::class),
    ];
}

So you can do it this way. It makes using Enums or Collections a little more intuitive for collections, arrays, and so on.

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