Eloquent: Mutators

Eloquent: Mutators

• Introduction
• Accessors & Mutators
• Date Mutators
• Attribute Casting

Introduction

Accessors and mutators allow you to format Eloquent attributes when retrieving them from a model or setting their value. For example, you may want to use the Laravel encrypter to encrypt a value while it is stored in the database, and then automatically decrypt the attribute when you access it on an Eloquent model.

In addition to custom accessors and mutators, Eloquent can also automatically cast date fields to Carbon inst