adamgoose / abstraction
Abstraction - Abstract
Requires
- php: >=5.3.0
- illuminate/support: 4.0.*
This package is auto-updated.
Last update: 2024-10-29 04:36:18 UTC
README
Abstraction for Laravel is designed to in-source all of your model validation to the model itself.
Features
Abstraction does one thing: validate your models for you! Simply define the $rules
variable on your model, and extend the Abstraction model, and you're good to go!
Requirements
Abstraction is built for Laravel, specifically 4.0.*
.
Installation
To install Abstraction, simply add "adamgoose/abstraction": "dev-master"
to your composer.json, and execute composer update
.
Usage
To utilize Abstraction on a model, extend Adamgoose\Abstraction\Model
instead of Eloquent
, like so:
<?php
use Adamgoose\Abstraction\Model;
class Item extends Model {
}
Once you're extending Abstraction, you can simply add your validtion rules to the model, like so:
public static $rules = [
// validation rules
'name' => 'required',
];
You can also customize the validation messages:
public static $messages = [
// validation messages
'name' => 'The Name field is required.'
];
When you're ready to save a model, you can do it in two ways:
The Traditional Way
$item = Item::find($id);
$input = Input::all();
$validation = $item->fill($input)->save() ?: $item->errors;
The Abstraction Way
$item = Item::find($id);
$input = Input::all();
$validation = $item->fillAndSave($input) ?: $item->errors;
Yes, the fillAndSave(array $attributes)
method simply executes fill(array $attributes)
and returns save()
.
Contributing
This package is a minimal package to streamline the validation process, potentially eliminating the need for Validation and/or Creation services. That being said, contributions to this package will be considered accordingly. Please feel free to submit issues and/or pull-requests if you think there is something that Abstraction could do better.