Laravel Multiplex is a Laravel package to attach time-sliced metadata to Eloquent models. With the v1.0 release near, here are the main features:
- Metadata is saved in versions, including the ability to schedule metadata for the future
- Fluent syntax
- East to try extending your model with versionable metadata without touching original columns
- Type conversion system
- Configurable
Here are a few basic examples of how this package looks working with a model:
$post = \App\Models\Post::first();
// Set meta fluently for any key – `likes` is no column of `Post`.
$post->likes = 24;
// Or use the `setMeta` method.
$post->setMeta('likes', 24);
// Set multiple values
$model->setMeta([
'hide' => true,
'color' => '#000',
'likes' => 24,
]);
// You may also schedule changes, for example, change the meta in 2 years:
$post->setMetaAt('likes', 6000, '+2 years');
You can also limit which meta keys are allowed on a model with a $metaKeys
property:
class Post extends Model
{
use HasMeta;
protected array $metaKeys = [
'color',
'hide',
];
// You can use typecast array keys
protected array $metaKeys = [
'foo',
'count' => 'integer',
'color' => 'string',
'hide' => 'boolean',
];
}
When you set up this package, read the performance section to avoid N+1 queries. To learn more about this package and get full installation instructions, check out the laravel-metadata on GitHub.