Laravel Mutators and Accessors

Question

I have created mutator date function in model to convert the created_at date into human readable time using diffForHumans(). I have done the following

public function setDateAttribute($value){
    return \Carbon\Carbon::parse($value)->diffForHumans();
}

It works fine but it affects in all. it is possible to apply this mutator only on the specified function of the controller rather than all function

what do you mean by 'affects in all' ? mutators only works when you call them. — Tharaka Dilshan
I want to call them on the specific function of the controller.currently it parses and set date in another function of the controller. that I don't want I just want my mutator function in my index method did not edit or show methods — khandar shailesh
edit your question and put a sample code of where you did use this mutator — Tharaka Dilshan
public function getLeadProductDateAttribute($value){ return \Carbon\Carbon::parse($value)->diffForHumans(); } this is my mutator function. it is call automatically. but i want to call that function on specific controller function — khandar shailesh
again, this is function declaration, show us where did you use this. — Tharaka Dilshan

Zain Khalid Zain Khalid · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-08T13:10:56

A small logic in the mutator would do the job:-

    public function setDateAttribute($value){
       if ( request()->path() === "/yourURL/To/IndexMethod"){ 
         return $this->attributes['date'] = \Carbon\Carbon::parse($value)->diffForHumans();
       } else {
         return $this->attributes['date'] = $value;
       }
    }

the idea is to check by the url.

getting request path helper

EDIT

Comparison using route name is better, as exact path can contain id/slugs.

public function setDateAttribute($value){
       if ( \Route::currentRouteName() === "/yourRouteName/To/IndexMethod"){ 
         return $this->attributes['date'] = \Carbon\Carbon::parse($value)->diffForHumans();
       } else {
         return $this->attributes['date'] = $value;
       }
    }

getting route name

Laravel Mutators and Accessors

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