Make it possible to hide some attributes for serialization

[mgiritli]

Similar to the possibility which exists with Eloquent models, I think it should be possible to hide some attributes for serialization purposes. For example, I currently serialize models for logging purposes and don't really want userPassword attribute to be included.

Is this possible?

[stevebauman]

Hi @mgiritli,

You’re right — this feature isn’t built in right now, you’ll have to do it manually. Though it should definitely be included.

Give me a day or two and I’ll have this patched in, thanks for letting me know!

[stevebauman]

🎉 All done. You can now add $visible and $hidden properties to your models, or use addHidden() / makeHidden() methods on a model instance:

Via Properties:

class User extends Model
{
    protected $hidden = ['userPassword'];
}

Via Methods:

$user = User::findByAnr('steve');

$user->addHidden('userPassword');
// Or:
$user->makeHidden('userPassword');

// 'userPassword' will be removed from the encoded array.
json_encode($user);

A new release will be out in a couple hours 😄

[stevebauman]

This has now been released in v1.4.0.

[mgiritli]

Thanks so much, Steve :-)

[stevebauman]

Glad to help @mgiritli! Please feel free to drop in anytime you have any suggestions 😄