In my User model, I have an appends fields:
protected $appends = [ 'is_admin' ]; It will appends is_admin field in every request by using with() eager loading. However, in some scenario I don't want to return is_admin field, I am trying to use the follows:
$this->belongsTo('App\Models\User') ->select(['id', 'username', 'first_name', 'last_name']); But it doesn't work. Is the appends field always be appended even I use custome select field ?
appends is used when the model is serialized; it 'appends' attributes to the output.
If you have a single model and you want to not have the appends accessors added to the serialized data, you can set them hidden.
Example:
$test = new class extends Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model { protected $appends = ['is_admin']; public function getIsAdminAttribute() { return rand(0, 1); } }; dump($test->toArray()); // will contain 'is_admin' $test->makeHidden('is_admin'); dump($test->toArray()); // will not contain 'is_admin' // This can be applied to Eloquent Collections. $model->relation->makeHidden('is_admin'); One way of doing it.
$this->belongsTo('App\Models\User')->makeHidden('is_admin') but it will output error: Call to undefined method Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder::makeHidden()
Simply put this result to a variable
$data = $this->belongsTo('App\Models\User')->select(['id', 'username', 'first_name', 'last_name']); and use directly
$data->makeHidden("is_admin"); This will work for you
