A __construct on an Eloquent Laravel Model

Question

I have a custom setter that I\'m running in a __construct method on my model.

This is the property I\'m wanting to set.

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Answer 1

I wouldn't ever use a constructor in eloquent. Eloquent has ways to accomplished what you want. I would used a boot method with an event listener. It would look something like this.

protected static function boot()
{
    parent::boot();

    static::retrieved(function($model){
         $model->directory = $model->student_id ?? 'applicant_' . $model->applicant_id;
    });
}   

Here are all the model events you can use...

• retrieved
• creating
• created
• updating
• updated
• saving
• saved
• deleting
• deleted
• restoring
• restored