Validate mutator "aliases"

[ortzinator]

I'm currently trying to validate input that is not going directly into the model. The model has a expires_at DateTime column and the user inputs the number of days they would like it to expire after and the math is done to arrive at a future date.

I can use a setDaysAttribute mutator to transform the days into a date, and I can even set an attribute with $this->attributes['days'] so that it will be validated but then Eloquent is confused and tries to insert a "days" column into the database where none exists.

I'm not sure how this would be implemented but I don't see a solution other than validating "days" in the controller or adding a "days" column to the database.

[ortzinator]

I figured out how to do it using the code that removes redundant from data.

public $autoPurgeRedundantAttributes = true;

function __construct() {
    parent::__construct();
    $this->purgeFilters[] = function ($attributeKey) {
        if ($attributeKey == 'days')
        {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    };
}

The code is pretty clean. Maybe it's something that could be documented officially?

[igorsantos07]

Thanks for the catch, @ortzinator. I'll add this bit there!

And this issue made me discover a bunch of differences in Ardent's behaviour. I really need to spend some time working on tests to polish those methods. Thanks again.

[ortzinator]

Neat! Cheers.