laravel-field-attributes

Simple package to decorate classes with field attributes, allowing you to easily convert data objects to forms with labels and descriptions.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require performing/laravel-field-attributes

Usage

class MyDto 
{
    use FieldAttributes;

    public function __construct(
        #[Field(label: 'Name', description: 'Enter your full name')]
        public string $name,
        #[Field(label: 'Email', description: 'Enter your email address')]
        public string $email,
    ) {}
}

$instance = new MyDto('John Doe', 'john@example.com');

$instance->getFieldValues(); 
// ['name' => 'John Doe', 'email' => 'john@example.com']

$instance->getFieldDefinitions(); 
// [
//    'name' => ['label' => 'Name', 'description' => 'Enter your full name', 'type' => 'string', 'required' => true, 'value' => 'John Doe'],
//    'email' => ['label' => 'Email', 'description' => 'Enter your email address', 'type' => 'string', 'required' => true, 'value' => 'john@example.com']
// ]

If you combine this with spatie/laravel-data, you can also add validation on top, serialize and deserialize as JSON back and forth from the database.

In the package there is also a caster ObjectCast which can cast a json column to an object, it takes the class name from a type column of the eloquent model. You can also map types to specifc classes in the config.

Testing

composer test

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.