To define an accessor, create a getFooAttribute method on your model where Foo is the "camel" cased name of the column you wish to access.
So, you should define an accessor for the test_date (or anything else) attribute. The accessor will automatically be called by Eloquent when attempting to retrieve the value of test_date.
(In the example I'll define it in the User model)
<?php
namespace App;
use Carbon\Carbon;
class User extends Model {
protected $table = 'users';
public function getTestDateAttribute($date) {
//What format do you store in db?
$storedformat = createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $date);
//What format would you like to show?
$customformat = $storedformat->format('Y.m.d. H:i:s');
return $customformat;
}
}
Then you'll see the following format by default:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->test_date; //2015.11.12. 8:50:20
If you'd like to write simplier code, you should use
Traits.
Let's define the DateTrait in App\DateTrait.php file:
<?php
trait DateTrait {
public function getTestDateAttribute($date) {
//What format do you store in db?
$storedformat = createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $date);
//What format would you like to show?
$customformat = $storedformat->format('Y.m.d. H:i:s');
return $customformat;
}
}
Then use it every model where you'd like to format the test_date column.
<?php
namespace App;
use Carbon\Carbon;
class User extends Model {
use App\DateTrait;
...
}
