How To Cast Eloquent Pivot Parameters?

Question

I have the following Eloquent Models with relationships:

class Lead extends Model 
{
    public function contacts() 
    {
        return $this->belongsTo         


        

Answer 1

Since this is an attribute on the pivot table, using the $casts attribute won't work on either the Lead or Contact model.

One thing you can try, however, is to use a custom Pivot model with the $casts attribute defined. Documentation on custom pivot models is here. Basically, you create a new Pivot model with your customizations, and then update the Lead and the Contact models to use this custom Pivot model instead of the base one.

First, create your custom Pivot model which extends the base Pivot model:

 'boolean'];
}

Now, override the newPivot() method on the Lead and the Contact models:

class Lead extends Model {
    public function newPivot(Model $parent, array $attributes, $table, $exists) {
        return new \App\PrimaryPivot($parent, $attributes, $table, $exists);
    }
}

class Contact extends Model {
    public function newPivot(Model $parent, array $attributes, $table, $exists) {
        return new \App\PrimaryPivot($parent, $attributes, $table, $exists);
    }
}